Unable to make any changes or delete files from a USB drive or microSD card on your computer? Possibly the device is write protected. You may also see a message on display saying that the device is write protected. If a USB drive is write protected, you can only view and copy the content stored into it, and can’t do anything else. Sometimes, an infected file may cause the USB device to become write protected. There are many methods to remove the write protection from a USB drive or microSD card. Here is how to disable write protection on your windows computer.