How to fix “Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device” in Windows 10 (3 solutions)

This tutorial video will show you step by step how to fix “Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device” in Windows 10 (3 solutions). /problem-ejecting-usb-mass-storage-device-in-windows-10/

If you cannot safely remove (eject) your USB flash drive or external hard drive then you will get the following notification message: “Problem Ejecting USB Mass Storage Device”.

The first thing you should do is to close all programs that are running and then try safely ejecting your USB device.

[BillyBob_McSanchez]

Solution #3 REALLY helped. For a minute I thought my external drive is a goner. But thank God you made this video. I have LARGE videos that I'm trying to store in a safe place

[mohammedal-mohanna]

Ok so this might work for you as well guys! I was really concerned about the third’s solution safety. I checked my recycle bin and found a file that I deleted there. So I emptied it and tried to eject my device again and it worked! Hope this could help someone.

[pxmens]

The first one just saved my life. Thank you so much! This was so much easier than all other "commonly known" ways I've found all over the internet since they didn't work for me.

[OHDANB]

Didn't think the "refresh" option would work since I had tried several other options on other tutorial videos, but I'm happy to report it worked. Thank you for resolving this issue that was getting very frustrating if not a bit worrisome for me. Have (4) old cell phone and (2) camera SD cards worth of pics on my external drive and I was terrified the drive was going to get erased with some of the other techniques that were suggested elsewhere.

[hellstriker]

didn't expect the first one to work but thanks

[sunkanmiotitolaye]

OH MY GAAAAWWWWDDD!!! I TRIED EVERYTHING BEFORE, went into disk management, devices and printers, file explorer, NOTHING WORKED. I just right clicked on my desktop and refreshed and it WORKED!!! HAHA, YOU'RE A GENIUS!!

[Riya-xcil]

The second solution worked for me. No more "...drive still in use.." dialogue box. Thanks a lot~!!

[NiaMSnow]

When my laptop went black I almost had a panic attack

[Victor-Rojas]

Thanks! This actually worked (end task for windows explorer). I've been searching for days!!!

[omaralhussaini]

Thank you so much, this is the most hastle-free procedure to fix non-eject usb's mass storage.

[pitoepannz]

before I found this video, I've been trying the 1st one and it never works on my laptop. so I decided to try the 2nd one and yeaahhhh it works! thanks a lot !

[Vexarax]

Ending the windows task then restarting it worked, thanks so much!!

[michaeltoyloy]

Uninstalled Device worked perfectly, thanks

[pyro_chip]

Awesome, straight to the Point No BS! Worked great for me thanks

[Mehranamoments]

After the third one my pc had a restart and then the eject button worked thanks 👍💜

[HHGTV]

You just saved all my files! Cheers!

The last step fixed it for me.

[generatorx]

Thanks, this is a really big problem that so many of my friends and colleagues have with this stupid system. Many thanks for your assistance.

[RobertG]

Thanks third method worked. I had to restart my computer. It prompted me. Still didn't work. So I restarted computer again. Then went to lower right corner. Clicked eject and it worked. God what a hellish nightmare. 2 hours on this dam thing

[danialshawn]

Why all the suggest sollution cannot work idk why :(

[chickywilly]

Also, try RESTARTING your computer. This usually works every single time whenever you have a stubborn USB ejection problem.