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Languages English español (Latinoamérica) français (France) Deutsch (Deutschland) dansk (Danmark) Nederlands (Nederland) italiano (Italia) polski (Polska Safely Removing a Flash Drive When you insert a flash drive into a computer running Windows 7, 8 or 8.1, an icon reading Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media displays on the system tray. To unplug your flash drive, right-click that icon, and select Eject USB Flash Drive. If it's safe to eject, a notification displays Safe to Remove Hardware. Safely Remove Hardware allows you to safely shutdown and eject a "removable" storage device before just unplugging or disconnecting it to help prevent accidental data loss if data were still being copied or saved to or from the device. If you have the removal policy for a device set to quick removal, you can disconnect the device safely without Usando USB Safely Remove potrete accedere in modo semplice a tutti i dispositivi USB dal tray di sistema, senza dover più utilizzare l'applicazione incorporata di Windows. Basta cliccare sull'icona nel tray di sistema per vedere l'elenco dei dispositivi USB connessi (cuffie, hard disk removibili, mouse, ecc.) e nel caso vogliate espellerli To learn how to delete registry keys in Windows, follow these steps: Step 1: To start with, go to the "Start" menu and search for "Regedit." You can also open the Run prompt and launch "Regedit" (Registry Editor) from there. Step 2: This will launch a Registry Editor pop-up window where you can view or edit various registry keys. Vay Tiền Nhanh Chỉ Cần Cmnd Nợ Xấu. Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock Do you always “eject” your USB drives before unplugging them? You can save yourself some clicks—and some time—with these simple tips, because you’ll never have to eject a flash drive again. Always Make Sure a Drive Isn’t in Use Before Unplugging Generally, the biggest threat to data when removing a USB drive like a thumb, hard drive, and so on is unplugging it while data is being written to it. This interrupts the write operation, and the file that was being written or copied will be incomplete or could remain as a corrupted file. So, before you ever unplug any USB drive from your PC, make sure all files have finished copying or saving to it. Of course, sometimes, it’s difficult to know whether your computer is writing to a drive. A background process could be writing to it, or a program could be autosaving to it. If you unplug the drive and interrupt these processes, it could cause a problem. The only way you can avoid this is by “safely” removing the However, Microsoft insists that as long as the “Quick Removal” system policy is selected, and you aren’t writing data to a drive, you don’t have to eject it. You’ll also need to make sure write caching isn’t enabled for the drive, but more on that in a moment. RELATED Do You Really Need to Safely Remove USB Flash Drives? Get a Drive with an LED Sergio Sergo/Shutterstock It’s easy to see when some USB drives are in use because they have a built-in LED that flashes when data is being read or written. As long as the LED isn’t flashing, you can safely unplug the drive. If your drive doesn’t have an LED, just do your best to make sure a background backup or copy operation isn’t in process before you remove it. Mandatory Activate Quick Removal Mode in Device Manager By default, Windows 10 optimizes USB drives so you can remove them quickly without having to use the “Safely Remove Hardware” notification icon. It does this by disabling write caching. Write caching can speed up the appearance of USB disk writes, but it might also make you think a write process is complete when it’s really still running in the background. This became the default policy in Windows 10’s October 2018 update, also known as version 1809. Since it’s possible to turn write caching back on in Device Manager, you should ensure it’s disabled if you want to quickly remove your USB drive without ejecting it in the future. To do this, click the Start button, type “Device Manager” in the Search box, and then press Enter. Click the arrow next to “Disk Drives,” right-click the external USB drive, and then select “Properties.” Under the “Policies” tab, select the radio button next to “Quick Removal” if it’s already selected, just leave it that way, and then click “OK.” Close “Device Manager” and you’re all set! In the future, you can safely remove that particular USB drive without ejecting it whenever a write operation isn’t in progress. READ NEXT › 5 Ways to Safely Remove a USB Drive on Windows 11› How to Install Windows 11 From a USB Drive› What Does “Disk Not Ejected Properly” Mean on a Mac?› How to Make a Bootable Windows 10 USB Drive› How to Create a Bootable Windows 11 USB Drive› How to Install Windows 10 from a USB Drive› How to Format a USB Drive on Windows 10› How to Watch UFC 289 Nunes vs. Aldana Live Online How-To Geek is where you turn when you want experts to explain technology. Since we launched in 2006, our articles have been read billions of times. Want to know more? When you’re done using a USB drive on your Windows 10 machine, most people simply unplug it. But depending on the settings of your machine, it’s usually best to tell Windows before removing the drive to minimize any chance of data loss. Here’s how. When Is It Safe to Just Unplug a USB Drive? By default, you can often safely remove a USB drive from a Windows 10 machine by simply unplugging it—unless something is actively writing to it, and you don’t necessarily know when that’s happening in the background. It’s a good idea to safely remove drives if you’re concerned about data loss. If you have enabled write caching on your USB drive by selecting “Better Performance” in Device Manager, you will always need to use the “Safely Remove Hardware” notification icon to remove the drive safely. RELATED Do You Really Need to Safely Remove USB Flash Drives? If you’d like to check if write caching is enabled on your removable drive, open the “Start” menu and type “Device Manager,” then hit “Enter.” Under the “Disk Drives” heading, locate the external drive, then right-click and select “Properties.” Under the “Policies” tab, look at the “Removal Policy” section. If “Quick Removal” is selected, then it’s safe to simply unplug your drive when it’s not in use without telling Windows. If you have “Better Performance” selected, you’ll definitely need to use the “Safely Remove Hardware” notification icon to remove the drive safely. Here’s how. If you have a USB drive plugged into your Windows 10 machine and you’d like to safely eject, locate the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon which looks like a USB plug in your taskbar notifications area, which is usually in the lower-right corner of your screen. If you can’t see it, click the carat-shaped up arrow to see hidden icons. Once the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon has been revealed, right-click it. In the menu that pops up, locate the name of the drive you’d like to remove; It will have the word “Eject” in front of it. Click it. If there are any write operations in progress, Windows will make sure that everything is complete before ejecting the drive. Once the drive is safe to remove, Windows will alert you with a notification pop-up titled “Safe To Remove Hardware.” It is now safe to unplug the drive from your PC. 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How to eject storage devices using the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon The most popular method is also one of the simplest and fastest. The gist is to find the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon in the system tray. By default, in Windows 10, this icon is hidden and not shown alongside the clock and the network icon. However, you can click the arrow pointing upwards to show hidden icons and then find the icon that looks like a USB stick, highlighted below. Finding the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon You can move the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media icon to make it visible in the system tray. Read this guide on how to show or hide system tray icons. Click on Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media After finding the USB icon, click on it to see a list of all the removable storage devices connected to your Windows 10 computer. The list includes USB memory sticks, external hard drives, and other types of USB devices. In the list of removable devices, click on the one that you want to remove. If you can’t tell them apart, look at their drive letter. Choose the drive you want to eject Then, a notification should be shown in the bottom right corner, telling you that it is Safe To Remove Hardware. Now, you can unplug the storage device that you no longer want to use on your computer. It is safe to remove hardware If the storage device you want to unplug is actively used by Windows 10 or an app you are running, you receive a prompt saying that “This device is currently in use.” It is not a good idea to unplug the storage device because the data on it might get corrupted. This device is currently in use If this error message is shown, close all open apps and try again. If you still receive the same error, shut down Windows 10, and unplug the storage device. Then, start your computer again and use it normally. 2. How to eject an external hard drive or USB drive from File Explorer Another simple method is to open File Explorer, go to This PC, and then to the Devices and drives section, where you see all the partitions and drives from your PC, including external ones. Find the device you want to eject in File Explorer Right-click or press and hold on the drive that you want to remove and, in the menu that opens, choose Eject. Right-click and choose Eject If everything went well, you see a notification that it is Safe To Remove Hardware. Unplug the device that you no longer want to use on your Windows 10 PC, and you are done. Now it is safe to remove hardware TIP If you want to know more about working and managing Windows 10 notifications, read how to use Windows 10's Action Center notifications. 3. How to safely remove external storage devices from Settings Another method that is less known than the others shared so far is from the Settings app. In Windows 10, open Settings press Windows + I and go to Devices. In Windows 10 Settings, go to Devices In the column on the left, go to “Bluetooth & other devices.” You see a long list of devices on the right side of the window. Go to Bluetooth & other devices Scroll down to the Other devices section, where you should see the external devices connected to your Windows 10 PC. Find the external hard drive or USB stick you want to remove, click or tap on its name, and then on Remove device. A confirmation dialog appears. In it, press Yes. Select the drive you want to eject in Other Devices The external storage device can now be unplugged. 4. How to eject USB memory sticks from Disk Management This method applies to USB memory sticks, but not to external hard drives. It starts with opening Disk Management. Then, scroll down the list of disks at the bottom. Find the USB flash drive in Disk Management The disks that can be removed from Disk Management have the label Removable. Find the one you want, right-click on it, and choose Eject. Right-click on the USB flash drive and choose Eject Now you can safely unplug the USB drive from your computer or device. 5. How to use the Safely Remove Hardware wizard to eject USB storage devices This section covers an old method that worked very well in Windows 7. It still exists, and it partially works in Windows 10, but Microsoft considers it retired. At some point, it will either stop working or be removed entirely from Windows 10. For now, you can only use it to eject external hard drives, but not USB memory sticks. Here’s how it works Open the Run window Windows + R, and then copy and paste the following a Use the Run window to access the Safely Remove Hardware window You can also download the shortcut we created for it, extract it to your desktop, and run it from there. Download our Safely Remove Hardware shortcut Now, you see the Safely Remove Hardware window, with the list of removable devices that Windows detects. Choose the one you want to eject and press Stop. Choose the device you want to eject You are asked to confirm the device to be “stopped.” Choose the entry with the drive label, and press OK. Select the drive label and press OK Now, you see a notification that it is Safe To Remove Hardware, and you can unplug the device. It is safe to remove hardware If you try the same steps for a USB memory stick, you get an error message like the one below, saying that the device is not removable and cannot be ejected or unplugged. That is untrue, and you will see other methods working just fine. You can't eject USB memory sticks with this method Did you successfully eject the storage drive you wanted? We did our best to create a complete guide for ejecting external hard drives or USB drives from your Windows 10 computer or device. At least one of the methods we described should work for you. However, if Windows 10 insists that the storage device is currently in use, simply shut down your computer and unplug the device you want. That is guaranteed to work. 🙂 Pheelings media/ As a matter of good practice, you should always safely remove your USB drive on your Windows PC. Otherwise, the data on your USB may become corrupt. Not sure how to safely remove your USB? Here are five ways. RELATED How to Safely Remove a Drive on Windows 10 Use the System Tray The most common way to safely eject your USB drive is by way of the System Tray. In the System Tray, click the “Up Arrow” icon to expand the menu. Next, double-click the “USB” icon. In the sub-menu that appears, select the “Eject ” option. The text that appears will depend on which type of USB you’re using. You can now safely remove your USB. RELATED Do You Really Need to Safely Remove USB Flash Drives? Use File Explorer If you happen to be working in File Explorer, there’s an option for you to remove your USB. In the left-hand pane in File Explorer, find and right-click your USB device. In the context menu that appears, select “Eject.” Simple, right? Use the Settings App There are a ton of different things you can do from the Settings app, including removing your USB drive. First, press “Windows+I” to open the Settings app. Once open, select “Bluetooth & Devices” in the left-hand pane. On the next screen, click the “Devices” option near the top of the window. Next, in the “Other Devices” group, click the three vertical dots next to your USB drive and then select “Remove Device” from the one-option context menu. It’s now safe to remove your USB device. RELATED 13 Ways to Open Windows 10's Settings App Use Disk Management You can also safely remove your USB from Disk Management. Open Disk Management by right-clicking the Windows icon to open the Power User menu. Then, select “Disk management from the menu. Next, locate the drive you want to eject in this case, your USB. Right-click it and then select “Eject” from the context menu. You’re now able to remove your USB. Use Windows Terminal If you have no GUI such as in a Hyper-V server, or if you simply want to feel like a hacker, you can remove the USB from Windows Terminal. Open Windows Terminal and then run this command diskpart A new terminal will open and you’ll be in the C\WINDOWS\system32\ file path. Before you go removing the drive, you’ll need to know its volume number. To do so, run this command list volume A list of volumes will appear. First, find your USB drive under “Label,” and then note its volume number under the “Volume ” column. In our case, that’s Volume 3. You’ll now need to select the volume number of your USB. To do so, run the select volume  command. In our example, we’d run select volume 3 A message will appear saying you’ve selected the volume. With the USB’s volume selected, run this command to eject it remove all dismount You’ll receive a message stating you’ve successfully removed the drive letter or mount point, and dismounted and offline the volume. In other words, you can now safely remove the USB drive. There you have it. With so many different ways to safely eject your USB drive, there’s really no reason you should ever risk data corruption by removing it when you shouldn’t. But, if you want to save a few clicks and some time, there’s a way to never have to “safely remove’ your drive again. 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