Companies manufacture different types of write-protect switch to disable features like transferring data or formatting the write protect memory.

It is safety measure followed by every company to avoid unauthorized data access or deletion and so memory devices are provided with a write protect option which can be turned on or off.

In the following content, we will discuss about 4 methods to remove write protect from different memory devices like SD cards or USB drives. You can easily remove write protect from your SD card or USB drive using the below mentioned steps.

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4 Steps to Remove Write Protected Micro SD Card/USB Drive

Step 1 : Use Antivirus to scan write protected SD Card/USB

1. There are a lot of virus spread across the whole internet and are somehow present on almost every computer without antivirus or with it. So, there's a possibility that may be a virus is doing it to keep you away from copying/formatting/delete a file from your write protected SD Card/USB.
2. I would suggest you to get a antivirus if you're currently not having one and start scanning your write protected SD CARD/USB. Remove all the virus and other potential Trojans or worms from your computer and the SD card/USB and try to perform the action like copying/formatting/deleting the files and folder on your write protected SD card or a USB drive.
3. If you are still facing the write protected issue, it means there's nothing like a virus or Trojan causing write protected SD card/USB problem and follow the next step.

Step 2 : Use Regedit.exe to Remove Write Protect SD Card/USB in Windows OS

Windows 8/8.1/10 users can simply start typing regedit at the windows home screen itself where the applications appear in tiles.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHIN \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ StorageDevicePolicies

Step 3 : Use Diskpart Utility in Windows OS using  to remove Write Protect Memory Card/USB

1. Start cmd > type "diskpart" > hit Enter.
2. Now type > "list disk" > hit Enter.
3. A list will appear showing different disks of different size attached to your computer.
4. Identify your SD card or the USB drive by carefully checking the storage size mentioned on the right of each disk. Selecting the wrong disk will leave you with total data destruction.
5. Type "select disk #"  : "#" is the corresponding value in your case like "select disk 0" or "select disk 1" etc.
6. Now to remove write protect from your USB drive or a SD card, type "attributes disk clear readonly" and press Enter.
7. You're done and now you can simply close the cmd or type > exit > press Enter to exit.
8. Check your SD card or USB drive to see if now you are able to format the write protect SD card or the USB or copy or do any other read/write operations. If not, then follow the next step.

Step 4: Turn off SD Card or USB Lock to Unlock

• This is the last step to follow as hardly any SD card or a USB has a lock switch to make it write protect memory card.
• Generally, SD card reader has a sliding switch to turn write protect mode on/off. Just in case if your SD card or USB drive has such switch to turn memory write protect on or off, then must try to unlock your SD card or USB drive to remove write protect from a SD card or USB drive.
• There would be labels to let you understand in which direction the lock is needed to be slide to get your memory card write protect removed.