There is no need to format it. Just clone to it and what's on it will be replaced.
Formatting is unnecessary and since SSDs are only good for so many writes you would use up a write needlessly.
I will be taking a 250 gig SSD out of my Granddaughters computer and replacing it with a 1T SSD. That is no problem as I have done several of those and have everything needed.
What I have never done is format a used SSD so it can be cloned and used in another computer. Have another relative that can use the old SSD in his laptop. Both computers have Windows 10.
Any advise will be very much appreciated.
Thank you.

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