How to Remove Write Protection from USB Drive in Windows

How to Remove Write Protection from USB Drive in Windows
So you have a USB or Micro SD write-protected in Windows 10 or Windows 11 I will show you how to remove the Write Protected drive. You can use toolkits from EaseUS Partition Master to remove write protection - bit.ly/4cpPKKk Remember their is always a chance your device is broken and also remember that some of these methods will format the drive, so if you have data on the drive that you are trying to recover, be careful on what methods you try.
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[@Britec09]

Hope this video helped you out. Drop us a comment and like on the video, it really helps.

[@genegaskins6834]

Can you use this information for dvd

[@watup110875]

@Britec09 I wish I had thought about you, before breaking 3 sd card mini's about 3 weeks ago, I don't know how or why they did that protected mode, I have nothing to hide

[@arjunraghunadhan3611]

Sir i can't do
My pendrive is not able to format in cmd,mini tool, Rufus etc
Whenever I try it automatically ejects it and don't allow it to format it

[@huedoppler1]

I have tried this but it not work, can't format or delete volume

[@kelvohdeflavr8394]

Thanks so much, mine worked, 😌,you earned a subscriber

[@AtomicusPrime]

The first command line solution worked for me so far.
Thank you!

[@kylevols7918]

Thank you for this! The last way of reformatting without downloading software worked as my USB was stuck with write protection.

[@pengai9344]

Thank you, deleting all partitions and creating a new one works for me.

[@firstpep1073]

Hey mate your a Effing Genius man been struggling with my 1tb hard drive and i used the cmd prompt followed your steps now I have full access to it again! Thanks alot brother

[@sylvia9292]

are u a bot how tf theres no operations tab

[@abdulrahmannasser6328]

From 10 videos I watched, this is the only one which helped me! thanks a lot.

[@EasyJr007]

Thank you sir! Your video helped me. I’ve been trying to remove the write protection for over a month. I was able to get it done with the miniTool option. Finally😅

[@SnapshotFlo]

I get this from the command prompt:
DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
See the System Event Log for more information.

[@thetechistview3180]

yes, me too, tell me if you get any solution

[@SnapshotFlo]

@@thetechistview3180 it was corrupted, had to bin it :(

[@_Hashim3318_]

Thank you so much the diskart part actually fixed my usb stick.

[@Keith.W]

Very informative video Brian, many thanks.

[@Britec09]

Very welcome

[@Terminators4U]

@@Britec09nope for my usb drive sandisk 32 bb drive nothing works. I have so many usb drives and all work fine on any laptop but this drive doesn’t work at all. I can access all data on that drive and watch movies from it too but no software or diskpart works. I tried a low level format utility as shown in several videos but nothing worked 😂. It says disk I/O errors on format and files and partitions are still there. I think sandisk has a certain problem on usb drives. Don’t let it fill up too much or you will loose access to the drive permanently. It permanently turns off write ability on it.

[@tupcool7136]

Thank you! It helped me with my USB! Excellent video!

[@markvandesande8855]

Excellent video, thank you.

[@MotasemG]

You're a life saver sir! the first method worked for me!

[@blockenginestudios]

I thought i had destroyed by usb and the last piece of software saved me thank you so much

[@Sidm270]

THX so much for making this you have saved me!

[@adamroutley]

Worked perfectly. Thanks!

[@ridhinjoy7425]

Didn"t Work! 😥

[@Hundredstory]

I just used my friends cell phone that had a sim card slot for removable memory and had it format to portable storage instead of internal storage. And that worked.

[@rodsco357]

Great video! Have a Samsung 64 g USB with Linux OS bootable that only used 2 gigs.
I used redit to delete the file, then cmd diskpart to clean and complete format now I'm using the drive as a recovery drive.
Thank you.

[@Wow-Cartoon398]

How

[@aaronletchford]

Thanks this is just what i needed, I'll try this 👍

[@Britec09]

Welcome

[@brainiac_brian]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been chasing that solution for months! I got mine messed up working with Linux. Fixed now!

[@mikenapole6359]

Mini Tool worked for me! many thanks for this video mate!!

[@panicogalactico7379]

This is the only video that actually helped me out

[@saveworldvenki1762]

after so many videos, ur video First method worked for me thanks Mr.

[@clintcorpceo]

Command prompt worked perfect ! Thanks big guy! 👍

[@Zaiz777]

Thank you very much. The registry edit worked!

[@MrFreddiew1]

Yep...Big thanks for this video.

[@yaniquerichards6445]

Works like a charm😊

[@vdtb1758]

After all this time, finally i found you, thank u 😊

[@hebayusuf4985]

Thank You!! Finally got this issue sorted

[@albert-stefanstancu4634]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@rodicarobu6695]

Clear and simple. It worked at first try. Thank you!!

[@maggieb3851]

I downloaded the mini tool but my pendrive it still showing up as read only. I am confused on how to fix it, since it won't give me the option to delete the partition.

[@WT-CS-GTA]

CMD always works thanks Brite

[@Salxia]

thank u the CMD clear attribute method fixed it for me

[@rubendariogp2387]

Loved the video bro
Cheers !

[@Nedlius]

no idea why this has to be so difficult, thank you for the help

[@djskipe]

Thank you bro!
First method works

[@rsteleanu]

It helped. Thanks man, may God bless you.

[@eyecitymusic]

Thanks the last one works

[@monikamartin6002]

I tried everything you mentioned, but in diskpart, I got the following message:
"DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
See the System Event Log for more information."
I don't know how this got set to write-only in the first place. Very upset about this.

[@Manishnair222]

Did u find a solution?

[@monikamartin6002]

@@Manishnair222 Nope. Doesn't come close to working.

[@sheikhmooinuddin2008]

Truly helped me. Thanks, brother!

[@Imranhayat433]

Thank you the last method works perfectly ❤

[@niweiyeung4456]

Thank you Britec09, now my USB drive back to normal 👍

[@Britec09]

Glad I could help

[@rohithboppey3205]

Thanks man! It worked.

[@NatoHJ]

thank you so much mate you legend

[@nguyenhoanganh1559]

the minitool helps me a lot,its finally worked

[@areb8579]

Great video. Thanks.

[@Britec09]

Glad you liked it!

[@s.daniel8016]

Thank you! ❤❤❤

[@RandomRads]

I have a Sandisk flash drive that is write protected. The tutorial didn't help.
I tried reformatting and got the same message "The disk is write protected". It has a Sandisk Secure access.exe file. Not sure if that is the reason.

[@edwinzakaria7588]

my case

[@aurelianepuras]

Nice! The third method work 🥂🎹🔟

[@HerschillGabriels]

Very helpful video. The last method helped formatting my usb stick... Thank you

[@isaaccilo8748]

I just created a partition and everything worked well 👍

[@WrestlingFace]

Good video mate.

[@Britec09]

Thanks 👍

[@Biyagiefofana]

Hey man you’ve just earned a new follower mini tool helped thanks a lot😊

[@rodger3641]

A usb became write protected while plugged into my arlo pro base unit, I can read off it but not format it, I'm going to give this ago when I get home Brian, cheers big fella !!

[@Suspended_]

Are you home?

[@REDZ28won]

@@Suspended_ Not yet!

[@rajivgiri]

Super 🎉 thank you so much 🙏

[@rsb762]

Awesome. Liked and subscribed. Thank you.

[@karims9641]

Many thanks bro !

[@GregM]

As the video notes indicate the write protection could be the result of the flash drive failing and reverting to read only mode to allow you to recover your data off the device. I have had several flash drives fail like this.

[@Britec09]

I agree, that is the main cause.

[@buffuniballer]

Yep, and then destruction of the device is necessary as you cannot wipe a read only device.

[@jakemeals]

How do you destroy a flash drive so the contents cannot be read? Smashing it or blocking the port

[@buffuniballer]

@@jakemeals pull the circuit board from the plastic case and run it through a paper shredder.

[@johnmc3862]

@@jakemeals Burn it.

[@hensenmavuna]

WORKED THANK YOU. FIRST SOLUTION.

[@manujoseph1051]

Working. Thank you.

[@RainbowSnoop]

Wow! 🤩 Thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@OlettaLiano]

Hi, Brian. I've managed to clear a few write protected USB thumb drive with diskpart clear all, but it's always nice to see other options, so thanks.

[@Britec09]

Thanks for watching

[@watup110875]

I tried the diskpart as admin but nothing

[@OlettaLiano]

@@watup110875 It worked for me a few times, but I had to use a partition program on the rest.

[@watup110875]

@@OlettaLiano that was only 3 I couldn't fix, sad didn't have fund for paid, most free I did try failed like the rest, but ol well, more tools for next I guess lol

[@OlettaLiano]

@@watup110875 Did you try MiniTool Partition Wizard free version? I need to get back to GTA 5 because there's people to runover and cops to guy fight with. LOL

[@matik-id4ns]

Thank u man, u helped me

[@hgoaries]

Gracias Britec09.

[@Britec09]

Welcome

[@jigarkumar4146]

thanks the wizard method works like charm 👍

[@sudman]

GREAT VIDEO! Saved my butt! Thank you.

[@mohamedassad753]

This actually worked thank you so much 🙏 ❤

[@youshouldknow.sweden]

Thank you. Diskpart helped. USB is not write protected right now, so I can format it.

[@preacherroaza9882]

Thanks a lot sir.

[@Britec09]

Most welcome

[@BradDaBird]

THE MINI TOOL HELPED ME THANK U SOO MUCH 👍👍👍

[@jarrodnewman0514]

Whenever I have a stubborn USB drive that just won't format or un-partition with Windows 10/11 Disk Management, I use my Ventoy USB drive and an old laptop and boot into Hiren’s BootCD based on Windows 10 PE x64. There is a specific type of disk management software included within called AOMEI Partition Assistant that never fails to format, or de-partition any USB flash drive or SD/microSD card

[@dedwitty]

Really other people were just maniupulating for the audience for the views but you helped me sir thank you

[@tomstewart9814]

Diskpart worked thanks

[@lse123polis]

I faced this problem: In a U3 portable USB stick I HAVE TWO PARTITIONS, a CDFS and Another, the latter format it in the disk manager, but the CDFS is like a CD Drive, write protected, any idea how to delete the CDFS partition, Has 3 U3 exe files...well?

[@MRPIGGLES1]

worked, thanks

[@lancechin5178]

The solution whereby we use diskpart, clean, create partition primary, and format worked for me!

[@heatherjones9090]

Thanks for that

[@janmillerty4528]

Worked thank you :]

[@Britec09]

You're welcome!

[@OkiDingo]

I didn't have the Write Protection in my registry. Once i added it I could format the USB drive. Thanks mate

[@benjaminsoko3785]

Thanks. Its worked

[@shoanaleighsparrowingle9859]

YES!! Thank you - clear and helpful, problem solved

[@christiankailie6339]

It work for me.
Thank u bro

[@mn-ru4li]

These methods didn't work for me. For the Regedit, I didn't have the option for Read Only. For the Partition Fix solution, my USB wasn't partitioned. It seems as though my USB doesn't want read-permission. How is this possible?
I couldn't tell if the drive was damanged as my device manager view was VERY
different to yours.

[@garynet20]

I installed the software and I could delete all the partitions, thank you.

[@angelbabygirlkaneboh5323]

Thank you brother mini tool was it!

[@thetechworld2957]

I've been surfing on RUclips to find a method to remove my write protection on my SD card. None of them work. Please let me know if you have any other methods

[@cocsaya2499]

thank you so much sir......!!!!!

[@thisaraprabath4625]

Did everything no result 😔😢

[@username10]

Thanks, minitool worked

[@Ibraymov_Alpamis]

Thanks alot, Partition WIzard is worked.

[@igronDC]

MiniTool Partition Wizard has zero options to do anything with the stick. it shows that READ ONLY in red.

[@sylvia9292]

yep same

[@thisshonrobert7605]

Same for me ..did u found the ans

[@saquibansari7866]

Yeah same here...

[@arham8198]

Did anyone find solution?

[@sharmag34]

No solution contacted the service centre and replaced it

[@artnoodleboi1132]

Thanks to you I was able to finally get it working thank you

[@tayyabmalik6963]

Thank u so much.. ❤

[@chadibaytamouni3503]

I tried the all of the above, none worked, the last tip i used, i got this message: " DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
See the System Event Log for more information. " maybe this usb drive s fate is to the trash can.

[@kool-k-kel]

same for me same error

[@AwaisKhan-dt5eg]

Same

[@kool-k-kel]

@@AwaisKhan-dt5eg i replaced my card reader and was fine

[@imhappy5705]

thank you you save my money💗

[@Fletch8714]

Thanks, Jim or Tim for the video I have a Sdcard that will not work in my system I cannot read it or write to it, or format it, and windows won't allow me to format it and the SDcard is not Locked I will try your method to see if I can get it working it's a 32gig SD Card from Sandisk, thankyou!

[@52Drew]

Many thanks Britec. 1 hour later after trying nearly everything to clear "write protect" on a usb drive, then MiniTool Partition Wizard removes "write protect" in less than 5 seconds. Cheers Mate.

[@kool-k-kel]

how? free version??

[@Virtueman1]

Marketing bs

[@rocklifdenga5833]

Thanks....your video solved my issue

[@Britec09]

Glad it helped

[@jerrycurtis98]

I followed through all the steps right up to Mini Partition Wizard. When I got there, it showed the MicroSD card as Read Only, so I couldn't do anything with it. Thanks, anyway.

[@Britec09]

Drive is probably bad

[@smartwords360]

Same with me too