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
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Method 1: How to Remove Drive Letter in Disk Management
1. Tsindrio Windows Key + R dia soraty diskmgmt.msc ary tsindrio Enter raha hanokatra Fitantanana kapila.
2. Kitiho havanana amin'ny fiara for which you want to remove the drive letter and select Hanova ny taratasy sy ny lalana mitondra fiara.
3. Select the taratasy mitondra fiara for the particular drive and click on Remove button.
4. Click Eny 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 Jereo, avy eo tsindrio Options.
3. Next, switch to the View tab then esory "Show drive letter".
4. Tsindrio Ampiharo, arahin'ny OK.
Method 3: How to Remove Drive Letter in Command Prompt
1. Sokafy Command Prompt. Ny mpampiasa dia afaka manao ity dingana ity amin'ny fitadiavana 'Cmd' ary tsindrio ny Enter.
2. Soraty ao anaty cmd ity baiko manaraka ity ary tsindrio ny Enter aorian'ny tsirairay:
diskpart
lisitry ny lisitra (Note down the number of the volume for which you want to change the drive letter for)
select volume # (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. Tsindrio Windows Key + R dia soraty regedit ary tsindrio ny Enter hanokatra ny Registry Editor.
2. Mankanesa any amin'ny fanalahidin'ny rejisitra manaraka:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorer
3. Right-click on Explorer then select Sanda vaovao> DWORD (32-bit) and name this DWORD as ShowDriveLettersFirst.
4. Tsindrio indroa ny ShowDriveLettersFirst DWORD and change its value according to:
0 = Show drive letters
2 = Hide drive letters
5. Click OK then close the Registry Editor.
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