HOW TO DISABLE USB PORT (WINDOWS)

 

If you are one of those people who need to prevent other people from burning USB Flash or data storage devices or extracting or storing data on your computer then this article is important for you.

Through this article I will show you a few steps you can take to prevent someone from burning Flash, or Hard Disk to your computer . This method may be best for companies or for someone with a computer with important data that you do not want people to take on your computer in one way or another.

Note that :this method is for Windows computer users, and works on all computers of that system regardless of the system version. So having said that let us go straight to this point.

CONTENTS

• 1 How to Disable USB Port (Windows)
• 2 How to Turn on USB Port (Windows)

How to Disable USB Port (Windows)

To start directly go to the search section which is located at the bottom right if you are using Windows 10. Click there and then type " gpedit.msc " without closing and open semen.

Then select the first section that appears at the top of the page, or after typing you can press Enter on your computer keyboard.

After that you will automatically open the 'Local Group Policy Editor' page.

After that via this page on the left, select Computer Configuration > then select, Administrative Templates > then select System > then select Removable Storage Access .

After selecting Removable Storage Access (left), directly look to the right then select the All Removable Storage Classes: Deny all access section .

Double-click that section then automatically select the Enable section which is available on the left immediately after opening the page.

After selecting Enable, directly click Apply at the bottom right of the page, then end by clicking OK .

After that you will automatically be done and all USB flash drives on your computer will be inaccessible.

Remember, the user will be able to see Flash or Hard Disk when it is plugged into your computer, but will not be able to render anything to that Flash or Hard disk, nor will it be able to send anything to that Flash or Hard disk.

How to Turn on USB Port (Windows)

If you want to turn on your USB port once again, automatically follow all the steps above and then when you get to the last step above, select the Not configure section, then click the Apply section and then click OK .

By doing these steps you will be able to restart the burning parts of Flash or Hard disk on your computer.

If you want to learn more tricks make sure you read here how to turn on the dark look on your computer with Windows 10 system and on a computer with macOS system . For more tricks make sure you keep visiting WaiTech Solutions every day.