How to Prevent Installation of Removable Devices on Windows 11/10 [Tutorial]
23How to Prevent Installation of Removable Devices on Windows 11/10 [Tutorial]
By default, Windows 10 automatically mounts a removable drive like USB Flash drive you have connected to the computer. If the OS is able to recognize its file system, it will assign a drive letter to the drive. It is possible to change this behavior and prevent the OS from recognizing newly connected removable drives automatically.
If you like, you can enable a group policy setting that prevents Windows from installing removable devices and existing removable devices cannot have their drivers updated. If you enable this policy setting on a remote desktop server, the policy setting affects redirection of removable devices from a remote desktop client to the remote desktop server.
Preventing the installation of removable devices can add an extra layer of security to your computer by not allowing an external drive to be attached when plugged into your computer. You can avoid data theft by disabling removable devices. Here's how.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.