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No. Files can be deleted accurately without reformatting.

Reformatting is for completely deleting the entire drive's contents and re-establishing the file structure. This is usually used to repair a damaged file structure, or permanently erase all contents of the disk. (Although methods of undoing or recovering still exist.)

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