How do you reformat a usb stick

I can't find out anywhere how to reformat my USB stick so that I can add more information on it. It keeps saying that I don't have any space left on it, however there's nothing copied on the stick.

Same way you format and or Erase with Format any disk in OS X. With Disk Utility.

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