(I just checked my System Tray, and it’s totally still there.) Plus, the company’s had protections to keep your flash drives safe since Windows 7, according to my Microsoft-expert colleague Tom Warren.īut it’s also true that Microsoft has been sending mixed messages about the need to safely remove drives for a while, and the operating system definitely still features a vestigial “Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media” feature. It just so happens to be making the rounds now that the company’s notifying IT professionals that the update is being deployed more broadly. Technically, Microsoft flipped this switch back in October when version 1809 first started rolling out, so this won’t be a revelation for every reader. Basically, “quick removal” keeps Windows from continuously trying to write to a flash drive, which could help in the event you disconnect it. Windows 10 has a feature called “quick removal” that lets you yank a drive anytime (so long as you’re not actively writing files to it), and it’s now the default setting for each new drive you plug in as of Windows 10 version 1809, according to Microsoft’s own support guidance.
Well, Microsoft is confirming once and for all that - in Windows 10 - it’s no longer a thing you need to worry about. You know how every tech expert in your life told you how crucially important it was to safely eject a flash drive before ripping it out of your PC? Have you been that tech expert yourself?
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