How to Hide Any Specific Drive in Windows

In this article you will learn how to use Local Group Policy to allow you to hide any Windows drive you want to secure the drive for example.

You can easily edit some settings in Local Group Policy to block editing Control Panel on your computer, prevent access to hard drives,. And in this article you will know how to use Local Group Policy to allow you to hide any drive you want to secure the drive, for example.

 

Instructions for hiding drives on Windows

Step 1:

Users open the Run dialog box then type gpedit.msc to open Local Group Policy. Next, you access the path User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > File Explorer .

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Step 2:

Look at the content next to it and click on Hide these specified drives in My Computer to adjust the drive hiding mode on your computer.

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Step 3:

In the new interface, the user clicks on Enabled and then looks down at the Pick one of the following combinations section and selects the drive you want to hide on the computer.

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After selecting the drive you want to hide, click Apply to save the changes.

To return to the old settings, unhide the drive on the computer, click on Not Configured and then click Apply to save the changes.

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