• Happy holidays, folks! Thanks to each and every one of you for being part of the Tom's Hardware community!

Question Cannot disable USB Hub in Device Manager

Nov 9, 2024
6
0
10
I need to disable USB Mass Storage. I want to disable Generic USB Hub and USB Root Hub (USB 3.0) in Device Manager but when I right-click on them, the option to Disable device does not appear. If I go to Properties -> Device for each device, the option Disable Device is greyed out. Please could someone how may I be able to disable USB Hubs from Device Manager?
 
Do u want to disable the ports for security reasons, rendering them unusable for read/write operations?

Are you logged in as Administrator or have administrator privileges?
 
Last edited: