How to Turn Off Autoplay/Autorun Windows 10 (Complete+Picture)
How to turn off autoplay/autorun in Windows 10 for beginners
AutoPlay/AutoRun is one of the default features of Windows that has a function to open files that are on data media such as flash drives, CDs, external hard drives, and so on automatically.
When viewed from a useful perspective, this feature is actually very helpful, but there are conditions where this feature needs to be turned off. For example, if a CD or flash drive contains a virus, the virus can directly enter your computer.
How to Turn Off AutoPlay/AutoRun Windows 10
To prevent viruses from entering the flash drive into your PC or laptop, you can turn off the AutoPlay feature. how do?
There are several ways that you can use to turn off the AutoPlay feature. Please see the methods below.
1. Via Settings
The first way that you can use to turn off or disable AutoPlay is through Settings. The first method is very easy, you just need to set the position to Off. Just take a look at the steps below.
1. First, please click windows icon which is in your lower left corner. As shown in the image below.
2. Then, please click Settings. As in the image below.
3. Then, please select the menu Devices. As shown in the image below.
4. Then, on the left menu, please click AutoPlay. As in the image below.
5. Then please you click toggle on Use AutoPlay for all media and devices until the toggle is colorless or Off and that means your AutoPlay feature is disabled. However, you can also set up AutoPlay and change the default action of AutoPlay on every device Windows detects. Please change the “Choose AutoPlay defaults” option and select the action you want to set in the AutoPlay feature. As in the image below.
6. Done.
2. Via Control Panel
The second way is through the control panel. Actually the method is the same as the first method, it’s just that the first method is sometimes not found in some versions of windows. While the control panel can be used on all versions of windows. Check out the steps below.
1. First, please open the search menu and type Control Panel. Then, please click on the Control Panel. As shown in the image below.
2. Then, please click Hardware and Sound. As in the image below.
3. Then, please click AutoPlay. As in the image below.
4. Then please you uncheck on Use AutoPlay for all media and devices. As shown in the image below. Just like the previous method, you can set up AutoPlay on each device.
5. Done.
3. Via Regedit
This third method may be a little more complicated than the previous method. Immediately, please follow the steps below.
1. First, please open it Run or please press windows icon + R on your keyboard.
2. Then, please type regedit and click Ok. As shown in the image below.
3. Then, please go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software. As in the image below.
7. Then, please give your name “NoDriveTypeAutoRun“. As shown in the image below.
8. Then, fill in Value with 000000FF(255). Then, click Ok. As shown in the image below.
9. Then please you restart your PC or laptop.
10. Done.
So this article discusses how to turn off autoplay/autorun in Windows 10 easily. Please choose which method you think is the easiest and which you want to use. Hopefully this article can be helpful and useful for you. Thank you
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