Windows 10: In Windows 11, do you have to safely eject a mass storage device or can you just unplug it?

Is it true that in Windows 10 and Windows 11 you no longer have to click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray to eject a USB connected mass storage device?Since Windows 7 I've always clicked on the "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media" to remove USB connected drives. This sometimes gets frustrating as frequently, the reply from an attempt to eject the drive is the message that the device is currently in use, to close any applications using it and try again so you check and nothing is using the device and the PC is basically in neutral and you try and try again and the mes

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Problem Ejecting UBS Mass Storage Device

Hi,

You may click this
link and check the post of Ajay K on March 24, 2011 to resolve your problem in ejecting USB mass storage device.

Hope this helps.

 

Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device

Best to ask Google like so. You'll get lots of instant answers to this non-trivial question:

Problem ejecting USB mass storage device

 

An error occured while ejecting

Hi Johnny,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community forum.



I suggest you to follow the steps listed in
problem ejecting USB mass storage device and check if it works.



Note: The article holds good for Windows 10.



Hope it helps.