How to Erase CD-RW/DVD-RW

If you want to Erase CD-RW/DVD-RW in Ubuntu use the one of the following options

Option 1

Open your terminal and run the following commands

umount /dev/cdrom

cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom blank=fast

Option 2

Install brasero using the following command

sudo apt-get install brasero

After installation you need to go to Applications/Sound & Video/brasero.One of the options on the Disc menu is to erase the disk.

You can also use k3b.