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. Tobetsa Windows Key + R ebe u thaepa diskmgmt.msc ebe o otla Enter ho bula Tsamaiso ea Disk.
2. Tobetsa ka ho le letona ho drive for which you want to remove the drive letter and select Fetola Lengolo la Drive le Litsela.
3. Khetha ea kganna letter for the particular drive and click on Remove button.
4. Tlanya E 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 Sheba, ebe o tobetsa Khetho.
3. Next, switch to the View tab then se khelose "Show drive letter".
4. Tobetsa Etsa kopo, e lateloe ke OK.
Method 3: How to Remove Drive Letter in Command Prompt
1. Bula Command Prompt. Mosebelisi a ka etsa mohato ona ka ho batla 'cmd' ebe o tobetsa Enter.
2. Type the following command into cmd and hit Enter after each one:
diskpart
lenane la lintlha (Note down the number of the volume for which you want to change the drive letter for)
khetha 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. Tobetsa Windows Key + R ebe u thaepa regedit ebe o otla Enter ho bula Registry Editor.
2. E ea ho senotlolo se latelang sa ngoliso:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorer
3. Right-click on Explorer then select Boleng bo bocha> DWORD (32-bit) and name this DWORD as ShowDriveLettersFirst.
4. Tobetsa habeli ho ShowDriveLettersFirst DWORD and change its value according to:
0 = Show drive letters
2 = Hide drive letters
5. Tlanya OK then close the Registry Editor.
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