In this article , we will covering the topic of how to remove write protection from sd card usb drive quickly.There are lots of memory cards and USB pen drives which now a days comes with write protection switches.
These write protection switches doesn’t allow user to copy or transfer any of the files to the device.
It also results in prevention of files from being deleted and formatted.how to fix a write protected flash drive Remove write protection from usb can be done three ways.
We will see each of the ways in below step guide
We have categories write protected sd card error in 3 method you can use any one out of all of them why we have different for remove write protection on micro sd card that you will figure out later in the article.
so go ahead fix your micro sd card write protected issue.
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Contents
- 1 Remove write protection on micro sd card sandisk
- 2 How To Remove write protected micro sd card usb
- 3 Step 1 : Check If Your Pen Drive Have A Lock ?
- 4 Step 2 : Scan SD Card Using Antivirus Or usb write protect
- 5 Step 3 :How to remove write protect in flash drive Using Windows Pc
- 6 Step 4 : Open Diskpart Utility For Removing Write Protected From Memory card/usb drive
But what if you will find that your memory card is refusing to being formatted and windows is informing you that your Micro/sd card write protected error, even though there is no type of write protection switch.
If you are facing issue in remove write protection usb and want to get rid from this memory card write protection error then continue reading this article.
You need not to take any type of tension because you have landed on a perfect page which will be helping you out by providing you solution for removing write protection on usb or from any other device.
So, without wasting more time, I directly come over my main purpose of writing this article. I have listed some of the simple and best ways by which you can easily get rid of write protection remover from sd card.
Don’t worry this problem is not at all big as it seems.
You will be only needing few couple of minutes for solving out this problem without even taking any kind of professional help. Just carefully follow the steps as shown below :-
How To Remove write protected micro sd card usb
Step 1 : Check If Your Pen Drive Have A Lock ?
In most cases it has been found that memory cards and usb drives are having lock which prevent them from being formatted.
So, kindly check that your memory card is containing any type of lock or not ? If yes, then push the lock on opposite direction to unlock it.
If your SD card is having any type of lock then you will notice that there are markings provided for lock and unlock.
Step 2 : Scan SD Card Using Antivirus Or usb write protect
Mostly, it has been found that these error generally occurs because of mischievous nature of viruses, trojans and worms in your computer or memory card.
So, try to scan your pc and sd card write protected for making sure that they don’t contain any type of harmful files.
After scanning your sd card properly again try to copy files to your sd card. If the process is successful then it is okay but if not then continue reading this article.
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Step 3 :How to remove write protect in flash drive Using Windows Pc
Get Inside Your System Registry
Many types of issues and errors occurs inside a windows system and can be easily solved using registry editor.
Just follow the below steps as shown : –
1. Click Start > type “regedit” and open “Registry Editor”.
2. Now follow the below path after opening registry editor :-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/StorageDevicePoliciesÂ
3. Now you will see “Write Protection” option. Double click on that and set the value data to ‘0’.
After setting the value data to ‘0’ again try copying or formatting your sd card.
After performing the above step you are still not able to format your sd card then continue to next step.
Step 4 : Open Diskpart Utility For Removing Write Protected From Memory card/usb drive
- Open Command Prompt and type diskpart and press Enter key.
- After opening diskpart type “list disk” and again press Enter button.
- Now type “select disk 1” to select your sd card and press Enter key again.
- To remove write protection from sd card type “attributes disk clear readonly” and hit Enter.
Now you are almost done with this process. Simply type “exit” and press enter key once more to exit the menu.
- Now, right click on your Sd card and click on Format option to format your card.
That’s all, now you can now easily remove write
How to remove write protection from micro sd card in windows 10
protection from micro sd card and can copy your data without any restrictions.
Hope, After reading how to remove write protection from sd card article.
If you still have any type of doubts or questions then kindly leave your valuable comments below in the comment box. Also if you have found something interesting above then kindly share this article with your friends.
Thanks guys for such a overwhelming response on this article we will certainly come up with something more which will be helpful to you.
Yash tiwari says
After following all these steps. SD card shows Windows was unable to complete the format.
Mahesh Charjan says
If Above tricks aren’t working for your removing memory card tips….i suggest you should try professional in that case.
Ajay swami says
not working lolla singh
Mahesh Charjan says
what is the error??? Did you tried above memory card password unlock tips.
Hasib says
Can not format my card its given same reply this disk is protected.What the solution please inform me as soon as possible sir
Faruk says
Not working “the disk is write protection” command again.what can I do?????
Ayush Verma says
yes the same problem is here. i also trying to format my memory card. the same problem ” the disk is write protection” .
so dear admin please help us what we do ?
Tinashe Enock says
Me too its,even worse it now unreadable on my pc its saying format disk then after formatting it says windows was unable to format dick
Prakash says
Problem Solved,
Remove your SD Card
Insert SD Card into Mobile
Switch ON the mobile
Setting
Storage
Format the SD Card
Format Completed……
I Done by Redmi Note 4G
Thank You.
balaji bandigi says
yes ayush verma, I my windows also showing same problem…. “the disk is write protection”
vishal kumar says
same thing with me is you get any trick about it you will get then please inform me
Chandrashekhar Patil says
After following all these steps. SD card shows
“Windows was unable to complete the format”
What should i do more?
shafiqmughal says
i did not find StorageDevicePolicies in rigister editor
Jaini says
Same here…and also tried the 4th method…could not format the disk after that..same error is there…
Tanya says
Me neither Jaini! If you find a solution, tell me please!
Venkat says
I did not find StorageDevicePoliciesA in my windows 10 laptop. Also tried all the steps mentioned above, but no use. What can I do with my 64 gb samsung evo plus sd card ? How can I make it work ?
Anovin casmir says
Hey guys if your SD card shows Windows was unable to complete the format, please follow this steps below. 1. Open/lunch your cmd (Command Prompt) and Run as Administrator
2. Type Diskpart and press enter
3. Type List Disk and press enter
4. Type select disk 1 and press enter
5. Type clean and press enter
6. Type Create partition primary and press enter
7. Select partition 1 and press enter
8. Type Active and press enter
9. Type format fs=fat32 or u type format fs=ntfs
Please take note, when doing this make sure you insert only the sd card, usb or drive that u want to format, in order to avoid errors….please this is only for those that their windows cannot format their drive and if this did not work for you, please let me in order to look for another solutions..
Rizwan Hashmi says
Thats Greate…. This is work for Me …Thanks
Huzaifa says
Sir i’ve tried every way you told but none of them are working.. please sir help,its still saying media is write protected
jeyaram says
i m in the same situation
Shahzad says
not working still stucking with the same promblem ” windows unable to complete the format”
tell me another way to sort out this problem
Mladen says
after CLEAN got error:
DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
See the System Event Log for more information.
Shahzad says
i have same error
william says
same hsituation here, may i know how to solve this? thanks
Shivam says
after step 5, window shows diskpart encountered an error: The media is Write-Protected.
Sung Rin says
Do I need to wait for 100% complete?
Mat says
After typing clean .. Its stuck error write protected..
mates says
after typing clean it says: Diskpart has encountered an error. The media is write protected.
Janine says
It was still the same huhu
Widows was unable to complete format
Nobody says
Hello i tried everything in here and it actually worked and i successfully formatted and copied everything i need back…….. but when i reinserted my memory card my old files were back the way they were and i still couldn’t delete any file on the phone saying its still write-protected, so its like i was back to square 1 where i couldn’t delete my files, somebody recommended the anti virus but when i checked and scanned it says no virus are found so……. i would like to ask how to fix this problem? the guys below says step 4 is the key where you uninsert and reinsert the memory card but it does not work for me…………. so please help its 32GB and it would be such a waste not to use it so thats it..
fe gadon says
it did not work for me, after 100 % completed it said there was an error..please help me to fix it i tried everything.thank u in advanced.
phi says
reply: no disk selected
what do i do
prasanna says
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/StorageDevicePolicies
i am not finding the StorageDevice Policies file in my pc….
subham chanda says
i can not finding the storage device policies file in my pc
what can i do now
Pranav says
right click> new> dword> name it as StorageDevicePolicies > right click on it> new> key> name it WriteProtection
then do whats given above
Erfan says
where do I have to right click?
vks says
Problem still not resolved after done process as you guide above. Message is coming at the time format ” The disk is write protected”
farooq says
dear i am also not find Farooq
reni says
I am also having the same issue i cant find storage devuces polices
whoever says
thank you.
It DID NOT work.
‘Windows was not able to complete formatting”, was the answer.
Mahesh Charjan says
then try to format it on some other system…may that help you
Hitesh says
Tell me the Process
atul jaiswal says
Both the method to remove write protect media is not working.
Mahesh Charjan says
which method you are trying and which kind of phone do you have???….
wesley says
very nice steps but not solving the problem
LJ says
Can’t unlock my SD card password
I don’t want to format it
It contains valuable files
I tried to open mmcstore in e series Nokia phone via explorer, but It’s a fail…
Please help me
Vinay sai says
I wt my memory card password
king says
use anyreader for copy your files from it
bozo says
thanks….
Rig says
thanks for sharing this amazing article on how to remove write protection from micro sd card, i tried above procedure it worked for me ,so keep it up with your good work…..i am looking forward for some more tricks like this ..
kishor kalsariya says
In which OS system u tried it,
Summit says
Amazing article man , thanks for sharing it worked for me like a charmed to remove write protection usb on pc.
DAVIS says
showing successful but not working in reality
MANISH says
WRITE PRO. REMOVE NHI HO RHA H G
Mahesh Charjan says
What issue your are facing?
shahana says
[[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/StorageDevicePolicies. ]] Here i am not able to find out the storage device policies. Please help me.
srinivasareddy says
I tried all the techniques but it is not working still it is showing “windows was unable to complete the format ” so please send any other technique so that i can use my memory card again
pavan says
stil im gettting same error
Altaf says
Nice Article I Try This but no success but i found its 100% Solution i share this on my website
asjad says
i try this but not success
Jibril says
Nice and helpful article
ritesh says
i have done these processses and tried to format my sd card but it says windows was unable to complete format… plz help.. it sucks
Sasha says
Thank you! It worked, the write protection was removed.
Anovin casmir says
what method did u use
afzaal says
महोदय जी,
आपने जो समझाया है वो सब ट्राइ कर चुका हु।
लेकिन मेरा प्रोब्लेम वही का वही है। आपके हिसाब से REG EDIT मे [[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/StorageDevicePolicies. ये आना चाइएया लेकिन ।हमारे द्वारा लास्ट का /StorageDevicePolicies OPCTION नही आता है सिर्फ /Storage आता है
क्या करू बोलये।
बहुत प्रोब्लेम मे हौ जल्दी कुछ हल बताएय प्रभु।
धन्यावद
Ranjeet Singh says
create manually
sudarshan says
same problem
Mangesh Anaokar says
No one has ever attended the real problem for SD card formating. The partition on the SD card remains active but inaccessable. So this partition can neither be deleted nor be altered. No solution is provided if the SD shows active partition in Diskpart, when the size of the card has been reduced say from 16GB to 30MB and “select partition” does not select the active partition.
sai laxmi shekar rao says
how to selet sd card after giving select disk 1.answer me soon pls
fyou fyou says
my computer says none of the things you said are recognized as commands!
fyou fyou says
There is a little switch on the side of the SD card “mine is white” switch it up. It’s that simple. This jerk just wasted a half hour of all our time…
reema says
thanks for sharing this amazing post dude it really help in removing write protection from sd card. Remove Write Protection From Usb
Anoymous says
any of the solution is not working..
Johny says
If you still can’t format your SD card, have a look at this. It worked for me.
http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Write-Protection-on-an-SD-Card
emma says
thank you very much. i had 2 sd cards a 16gb and 32gb. now they are both completely formatted. step 4 really helped me. Thanks i can now use them freely.
Mahesh Charjan says
i am glad it worked for you thanks for stopping by
brogan says
i have tried all off the above steps but it’s still saying my device is write protected. anyone know of anything else that will solve this or will i just have to get a new micro sd card?
venandana says
LOL…
Nothing Works….
I have tried all off the above steps but it’s still saying my device is write protected. anyone know of anything else that will solve this or will i just have to get a new micro sd card
malc.cureton says
Many thanks. I am a novice at this technology but following step 4 it gave me every thing I needed.
thank you for some plain language that I could understand.
kali says
thanks for sharing this amazing method for sd card write protected removal , i would love to visit you site again.
sachin roy says
thnxx for help worked for me 🙂
Bart says
Thanks! step 4 worked for me!
Lizzy says
God bless you
Shah Manthan says
Sir i cant find storage polices at last i am using win10 and i wany to format transcend 16gb class 10 memory card using it in a1 android
parthipan says
I’ll follow the steps and clear my sd card attributes.but still my card says write protected wat can i do..?
Ismail Vasil says
The step four helped me…thanks
Allan says
Hi,
Thanks for your information. Unfortunately I was not the StorageDevicePolicies in the registry. Whilst in dos I thought Why not try the old DOS format command… That worked for me. I’m using Windows 10 and it firstly told me that another process was using the drive but asked if I would like to dismount the drive and close all processes. After doing that it began formatting.
After opening the command prompt in administrator mode simply type in format X: (or whatever drive your SD card is)
All the best to all.
The Natha says
nathi chaltu mota aa
kath says
Thank you so much!
Tried everything to fix write protection.
This was easy to follow and WORKED!!!
fkuran says
thank you!!! it worked for me !
fkuran says
thanks! it worked!
sammer says
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Successor says
Successfully formatted the sd card only when I tried the step 4 and DON’T FORGET AFTER THAT IMMEDIATELY REJECT YOUR SD CARD AND REINSERT IT SO THAT YOU WILL ABLE TO FORMAT YOUR SD CARD. THANK YOU !
mdc says
Ahah! Ejected and reinserted after Step 4 is the key!
someone needs help says
now this is a win tip , haha thx mate
Craig says
I had four micro SD cards requiring formatting. The first two formatted fine but the following two, in a different adapter (from a different vehicle) refused to format regardless of what I tried. The lock on the adapter had never been locked so that was never a problem. I decided to try the adapter I had used on the first two cards and straight away they formatted. So try a different adapter first if you are having trouble formatting Micro SD cards.
sam says
its not working..
Morgan says
I also can not find StorageDevicePolicies. Please I need help with this 🙁
jetheesh says
its not working sir… i used cmd method… actually sd card used in android phone..
Ranmal says
Here i am not able to find out the storage device policies. Please help me.
Ranmal says
Here i am not able to find out the storage device policies. Please help me.i am using win 10 and win 7 same problem
Annoymous says
You shouldn’t say
“Now type “select disk 1” to select your sd card and press Enter key again.”
If the user has additional storage devices the sd card can be in any location. Make sure to check the MB number of the sd card for location.
LALIT says
After following all these steps. SD card shows Windows was unable to complete the format.
John Meggie says
For all of you that have tried everything (check the lock, diskpart, regedit) here is what worked for me. There is tiny notch opposite the lock switch on the SD adaptor. That is the write inhibit notch. Carefully put tape over the notch. Don’t cover the pins. It took me FOUR pieces of clear tape. The first three did not work. But the forth piece worked! I can write to the SD card on my PC.
Burt Stanton says
And the Winner is…
JOHN MEGGIE!!!
This guy gets the cheese!
That takes me back to the days of 5.25″ floppies. Why the hell is that notch there on the SD adapter anyway?!
Roronoa says
it works dude! thanks! you won the reformat battle *wink
Firefox says
O.m.g. this actually works. It’s been driving me crazy for a year that i couldn’t get it to work. three pieces of tape did it for me.
This should be up there with the solutions!
Harendra says
I tried all of above but could not work………………
Raman says
cool post dude thanks for helping me out with that,it worked for me like a charm , hope it will never come again.
thanks for sharing ,by
niloy says
Glad i found the solution for this, you are doing really good work man , 4 step worked for me the best ,i hope i wont face this issue write protection issue on my mirco sd card again.
kiran says
Didn’t worked at all…
It’s still showing that… “The disk is write protected”
AK says
hi tried cmd option but my pendrive showing this is media write protected plz help me bro…..
Mahesh Charjan says
Dude try to reformat it,it will certainly solve your error of proetection sd card protection
David says
The diskpart worked for me. My micro sdhc recorder couldn’t format it, windows couldn’t format it normally, but using diskpart did for me. Thank you!
Gaurav kumar says
Hey i have a 32 gb micro sd card and it has some content (don’t think about it). when i formate it by minitoolpartation tool it remove the partition and free the allocated space . after removing flash disk and reconnecting it it shows the previous data. and space it used …please fix it …
contact id:[email protected]
dennis says
those arent working…can you re-organize yourself before you post these things…
Vikram Sandhu says
Hi bro
I have a 4gb microsd card and I tried out many ways using DISKPART and REGIDIT but it didn’t worked.
Please if there is a way to sought this problem out then let me know.
Please
Regards
Vikram Sandhu
Haleigh Sharp says
Uh, I can’t do most of that stuff, so I tried flipping the switch. However, no matter which way I flip it, IT DOESN’T WORK! I hope it can be fixed so I can use my Nintendo normally…
S says
I tried both steps and it worked…but after a few hours I get back the same problem again. Is there a PERMANENT solution?
leenah says
very helpful thanks.
Karan says
thanks for sharing this amazing post with all of us dude it worked for me.
Anjali says
Nice Steps But still I am not able to Remove write protected. It is showing Error.
Chandan says
same problem here 🙁
adrian c villanueva says
nice, it really helps… now i can use my SD Card Normally.. 🙂
thanks a lot…
adrian c villanueva says
I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GONE,, BUT STILL,, IT IS HERE AGAIN LOCKING MY SD CARD
adrian c villanueva says
i cant used my 16gb memory card… 🙁
stellar says
Hi I can’t find storagepoliciesa…. all the previous steps were ok though… can you please help?
akhil says
very good ……thanks for sharing this amazing article guide on how to unlock memory card password
Carla says
Hi… My windows are unable to list my sd drive as an option. What should I do? Plus I’m not finding the StoragePolicies in my pc
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edward says
thanks a lot this really help
PK says
I am also unable to find the SD card policies after completing all the steps instructed by you
Yugam Kumar Aggarwal says
Just found the lock on the sd card after going through all that shit you have posted and felt like an idiot following your steps. Too bad you are fooling everyone like that.
Sammie says
Where did u find the lock on the sd, I’ve tried everything and still having the same problem
steve says
Set the registry value to 0 and everything was OK again. Many thanks.
ashok says
Try this
http://m.wikihow.com/Remove-Write-Protection-on-an-SD-Card
aaditya says
tried all those three methods.. bullshit… just consumed my time… hav a better and working methods… dont waste others time
christina says
worked for me went from 8-10 on laptop and some reason encountered a write protection when i was trying to format my memory card. the regedit process didnt work but this did finally thank you 😀 and btw it does help if you unlocked the card with the switched turned up. lucky mine was already unlocked when i tried this step
ZAKSOLDIER says
it works , now my flash is back to life , thanks admin
Shivu says
I am getting same error after following these steps please help me
Shivu says
In my system no “Storage Device Policies” option. Its show only storage option
how to enable this option please help meee..
shahrukh says
first time it worked perfectly but next it is not working ….
brereton says
after following diskpart step, i had no luck, but removed sd card and re entered, then i was able to format
Dee says
This didn’t work (as well as many other ways i’ve tried to remove this issue). I have no issues formatting or deleting files or writing to the cards when using Mac OS X or a variant of Linux.
Abhijith kannan says
thank u for ur help frnd , thanks a lot.. my SD card is fully unwrittened
SANJEEV PURBEY says
I was unable to formate or copy anything on my sd card but when I SAW A SWITCH ON CARD READER I TURNED IT UP AND EVERY THING WORKED FINE AND I WAS ABLE TO COPY AND FORMATE EVERYTHING ON SD CARD .so whole time is waste on reading it just switch it up and u are done.NO NEED TO DO MORE THAN THIS.
manas says
i followed upto storage but i could not findthe write off option pls help
robert says
i follow all the steps and dont work !
peter says
this is crap, I have win 7, there is no. StorageDevicePolicies I’ve tried 5 different sites and none of them work.
sawyer says
changed my card reader and it works now
danilo says
After following all these steps. SD card shows Windows was unable to complete the format.
M.TAHA says
not working dude
drive is write proteted (ERROR)
HEMENDRA says
after all steps memory card still show write protected. pls help me its very important to me
Kartik Agarwal says
In registry editor method cant find ‘StorageDevicePoliciesÂ’ and in cmd diskpart after attributes disk clear read only command an error occur saying ‘Diskpart failed to clear attributes’
Sudhakar says
All tricks used to formatting memory card but after completion of formatting every time message shows unable to complete format. In diskpart command only one drive is shown and another drive is not showing. Please help.
Sanjay says
Thank you…it was very helpful.
Shubham says
This is a windows problem. i couldn’t format it on windows 10. but on windows 7 it worked without any problem.
Sarneii says
This was so helpful. Thank you!!
elleia mabilog says
isn’t effective 🙁
how come.. ,
elleia mabilog says
if im going to format my card, it always say the disk is write protected.:( i really don’t know why is this happening…
Hrishikesh Varma says
As the title says, I can’t format or delete files on my McroSD (16 GB Transcend MICRO SD CARD) that I used in my mobile. I’ve tried: 1. Moving the lock switch (hehe) 2. Diskpart attribute clearing 3. Regedit (there was no key so i made one) 3. HP format tool (no access) 4. SD formatter (no access) 5. Low Level Format Tool (shows that formatting was done, but when I pun the card back in all files are intact). When I delete/move files it shows ‘progress’ (i.e. no error message), but when I re-insert the card back all files are as they used to be. Any ideas (besides trash can for now)? Thank you in advance.
Didace says
All possible ways are failed on window 10. try to help me via my e-mail. my sd card is write protected means i can’t format, add files or remove files. try to help me please!!! thx for your support
harshal patil says
hey i tried the step no 4 now my pc do not showing the memory card connected to my pc using card reader plzzz help me to out of this problem……i am witing for ur rply(my pc is windows 10)
BR says
ohhhh !!!!!! Shiiitt Its working , thank you
peabhat says
thanks for sharing this sd card write protected article it helped me out man on windows 10
okiki says
After following the above steps, it still tell me disk write protected
ronak says
I followed the above steps still its showing your disk is write protected after i tried to format it. Please tell me what should I do.
Tush says
SIMPLE METHOD!!!
Just put that memory card in other phone and format it from the storage options!!
MUKESH MAJUMDER says
thank you, my friend gave me a locked SD card, but your article helps me to know about it.
http://getyoutvplayer.com/ says
Thank you finally found a article that going to help me. Keep writing.
Etta says
@ prakash thanks for the info, it worked! I am so happy…thank you everyone!!!
Net citizen says
Even diskpart is not helping me. I get the same message, “Windows was unable to complete the format”.
MUKESH MAJUMDER says
One of the helpful guide, I ever found on internet.
Thanks a lot. Keep sharing and keep helping people.
calion says
ooooh thank u guys, it freaking worked, now i have full access of everything, damn!!!! u guys so great
Sid says
i try this but not success
Roland says
Put the mini SD card into an USB adapter (very similar to pendrive)
It will work immediately…
I have spent hours to find the way. I did try everything mentioned before.
If the SD card comes from a phone, it is better if you erase all data with your mobile first.
Some short file will stay on the card, but the USB adapter will let you format it.
Vicky Allen says
I got so many Drives after inserting my sdcard into my laptop with an adapter.
I tried to format my sdcard it says “the disk is write protected”.
I tried all the steps given above still the same problem.
what should i do . . . . ? Please Help Me. . . .
Nancy D. says
I just slid the that piece on the side up as pictured & it solved my problem. It took off the “Write Protected” message from my SD card
Steve H says
Thank you, this is very helpful!
Dejavu says
U guys rock. Thanks so much. After following all your instructions, I was able to format my SD card
Amal says
My memory Cart Once Delete File .after Connting to Mobile..the delete File Is Show Again …How to Soluve this Problem
yared asres says
it have not “StorageDevicePolicies” in my procedure, would you help me plz?
Aniruddha says
Couldn’t read all comments. Sorry if it’s repeated. But you should try typing in “clean” instead of “attributes disk clear readonly”
Samuel Small-Peter says
It’s worked out….. Thanks guys…
SAGAR says
i didn’t found storage device policiesa folder in the area and the format not working man!i’m screwed up with this stuff!
Kiran says
I tried all the options mentioned above nothing worked for me.
While trying formatting using diskpart method I got following error.
DiskPart has referenced an object which is not up-to-date.
Refresh the object by using the RESCAN command.
If the problem persists exit DiskPart, then restart DiskPart or restart the
computer.
ThreeDogs says
I have “solved it”. Threw the SD away and bought a new one 😉
Quy VO says
For those crazy about this stupid Read Only SD card on Windows 10. I search all the Internet and find NO solution for this. Just why???? I used to work with SD card normally before. The problem may be come from an update of windows 10.
But finally, I have solution. I just put the sd card to another computer (windows 10 or 7 is ok), then that computer will install new driver automatically. On that computer, if you can delete files on sd card, your problem has been solved. Then you can put your sd card back to your computer again. It will work normally. I tried with my 2 sd cards.
I am not sure how to solved the problem on a single computer. Reinstall driver doesn’t work.
Thank me later.
juan Kassoff says
Tried this and it stated readonly attributes were removed. Tried to format but told me still write protected.
I noticed that everytime i placed my sd card adapter in my reader it would move the tab in the down position and caused it to revert to write protected.
Placed cellotape over the tab and was able to format card.
Who designs these friggin crap products?
dagnachew says
sir pleas helep me i try but dose notm working what shal i do now pleas giveme anther way 100% WORKING
P Patel says
After using the 1st to 4 steps I am unable to formate the sd card.
In 4th step in Command prompt after the command “attributes disk clear readonly” showing the Diskpart failed to clear disk attributes. Please suggest now what can do to formate the SD card.
After the 3rd steps also I am unable to formate.
Please help further
Luka says
If you dont have protection switch on your big SD Card, and from some reason card is write protected, break it, take micro SD from inside, put in adapter with protection switch and format SD. Work 100%
Om says
Thanks. …..,………………thanks for this at iCal. May brother…………………………………….. Lot of thanga………. …………………!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!+++!!!+++++++
Barnabas Obed says
I was able to format the SDcard but I used it and took some snap shots on the process of editing it when back saying its protected and i should go to volume H to remove the protection.. please I don’t know what to do anymore..
Erich says
So in fact: This Tutorial won´t help to remove the Write Protection. So i can read in every single commentary here.