There is 8 ways to remove write protection on USB flash drive
1- Scan your flash drive with updated antivirus
2- Unlock your memory card or flash drive "some flash drive have lock/unlock button .
3- Make sure the files you want to move a printable
4- Fix write protected problem by DOS commands as following :
- From Windows start menu click on RUN or you can show it by clicking " Windows symbol + R " from your keyboard then write CMD
- Write this cmd order " diskpart " Then windows open new windows press YES.
- Write this order " list disk " then click enter ,DOS will show the disk devices in your PC .
- Write " select disk 2 " then enter .Note select your flash drive or memory card disk label 1 or 2 .
- Write " attributes disk clear readonly " then enter .

5- Fix write protected memory card by modifying windows registry by doing the following :
- Open "RUN" as we mentioned before .Write "regedit" then press enter .Click yes to open windows registry editor .
- By clicking your mouse from the windows registry editor , try to reach this path "
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies "
- After you reach this path ,search about this registry key " WriteProtect" then click right click "modify" , you will find key value 1 replace it with zero value then click ok

6- Update your flash drive firmware " first get chip genius report then copy chip vendor and chip vendor model and search in google about your flash drive firmware .

7- Try other format programs like " Hp disk format tool " and HDD low level format




Hope this will help you...

for windows only

  • Click start
  • then run regedit
  • go to this directory 
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\
    if you can't find StorageDevicePolicies under control folder then make some new one. Follow this steps:
  • step 1: go to this directory 
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Currentcontrolset\control\
    again and right click control folder
  • step 2: select new, then click key and rename the new key #1 folder into StorageDevicePolicies
  • step 3: right click StorageDevicePolicies folder and select new DWORD(32-bit) Value for 32-bit Operating System and select new DWORD(64-bit) Value for 64-bit Operating System
  • step 4: rename dword newer folder into WriteProtect, then double click WriteProtect and change the value data into 0 with hexadecimal base, Then close regedit
  • step 5: open my computer and refresh it 5 times without do anything to your usb, and properly eject your flash drive
  • step 6: plug in your usb again into your computer and format it using exfat instead of fat32

Now, you can use your flash drive again....


1. open command prompt (cmd.exe)
2. type "diskpart"
3. type "list disk"
4. identify which one is your USB disk.

5. type "SELECT DISK n", where n is the number of your USB disk.
*** BE CAREFUL AT THIS PART. Selecting the wrong disk might delete your hard drives ****

6. type "clean", (you may need to repeat twice or thrice). If it doesn't work, don't proceed with the next instruction :-(
7. type "create partition primary"
8. type "select partition"
9. type "active"
10. type "format fs=ntfs"