Whenever you connect an external drive such as external hard disk or USB pen drive, Windows automatically assigns a drive letter to the connected drive. The process of assigning a drive letter is quite simple as Windows progresses through the alphabet from A to Z to assign the available drive letters to the connected device. But there are some letters which are exceptions such as A & B are reserved for floppy drives, whereas the drive letter C can only be used for the drive which has Windows installed on it. Anyway, without wasting any time, let’s see How to Remove or Hide Drive Letter in Windows 10 with the help of the below-listed tutorial.
How to Remove or Hide Drive Letter in Windows 10
Nco ntsoov tsim qhov taw tes rov qab tsuas yog thaum muaj qee yam yuam kev.
Method 1: How to Remove Drive Letter in Disk Management
1. Nias Windows Key + R ces ntaus diskmgmt.msc thiab ntaus Enter los qhib Disk Management.
2. Txoj cai-nias rau ntawm tsav for which you want to remove the drive letter and select Hloov Daim Ntawv Tsav Tsheb thiab Txoj Kev.
3. Xaiv qhov tsav tsab ntawv for the particular drive and click on Remove button.
4. Nyem Yog to confirm your actions, then close everything.
Method 2: How to Hide Drive Letters in File Explorer
1. Press Windows Key + E to open File Explorer then select this PC from the left-hand window.
2. Now from the ribbon menu, click on Saib, nyem rau Kev xaiv.
3. Next, switch to the View tab then uncheck "Show drive letter".
4. Nyem Thov, ua raws li OK.
Method 3: How to Remove Drive Letter in Command Prompt
1. Qhib Command Prompt. Tus neeg siv tuaj yeem ua cov kauj ruam no los ntawm kev tshawb nrhiav 'cmd' Thiab tom qab ntawd nias sau.
2. Type the following command into cmd and hit Enter after each one:
diskpart
sau ntim (Note down the number of the volume for which you want to change the drive letter for)
xaiv qhov # (Replace the # with the number which you noted above)
remove letter=drive_letter (Replace drive_letter with actual drive letter which you want to use for example: remove letter=H)
3. Once finished, you can close the command prompt.
Method 4: How to Hide Drive Letters using Registry Editor
1. Nias Windows Key + R ces ntaus regedit thiab ntaus Enter kom qhib Registry Editor.
2. Nkag mus rau tus yuam sij npe hauv qab no:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorer
3. Right-click on Explorer then select Tshiab> DWORD (32-ntsis) Tus Nqi and name this DWORD as ShowDriveLettersFirst.
4. Ob npaug nias rau lub ShowDriveLettersFirst DWORD and change its value according to:
0 = Show drive letters
2 = Hide drive letters
5. Nyem OK then close the Registry Editor.
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Qhov ntawd yog nws koj tau kawm tiav How to Remove or Hide Drive Letter in Windows 10 tab sis yog tias koj tseem muaj lus nug txog qhov kev qhia no ces xav nug lawv hauv cov lus ntu.