How to Format a Write Protected USB Pendrive

How to Format a Write Protected USB Pendrive

How to Remove USB Write Protection With Diskpart

Insert your Pendrive into your computer’s USB port.
You can open this by hitting Windows key + R, entering cmd, then hitting Enter.
```
diskpart
```
```
list disk
```
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select disk 2
```
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attributes disk
```
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attributes disk clear readonly
```

Then you lose the data on the USB flash drive? You can format the drive using diskpart’s clean command. First, ensure the disk is selected:

```
select disk 2
```
```
clean
```

You can then create and format a partition:

```
create partition primary
format fs=ntfs
```

Didn’t Work? USB Formatting Utilities to Try

1. SD Formatter

Simply connect the device, select the drive and a formatting option, and click Format.

Download: SDFormatter (Free)

2. Kingston Format Utility

Download: Kingston Format Utility (Free)

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