If you don’t know how to configure or disable AutoPlay on Windows 11, we are going to help you out. Inserting a removable drive or memory card into a Windows 11 PC will cause AutoPlay to ask how you want Windows to handle it. But it is possible to disable AutoPlay or change the way it works.
How to configure or disable AutoPlay on Windows 11?
It is really easy configuring or disabling AutoPlay on Windows 11, just follow these steps on your Windows 11 PC:
- Open the Windows Settings.
- If you don’t know how, you can just hit the Windows+i hotkey or you can right-click on the Start icon and choose “Settings” from the menu that appears.
- Next, click on “Bluetooth & Devices” and choose “AutoPlay.”
- In this settings menu, it is possible to change how AutoPlay works. You have the option to disable it too.
- If you want to disable AutoPlay, turn the switch next to “Use AutoPlay for all media and devices” off.
- But if you want to configure AutoPlay, find the section called “Choose AutoPlay Defaults.” You will see two different drop-down menus.
- When you click on “Removable Drive,” you’ll be prompted with different options that we are going to detail below:
- Configure Storage Settings (Settings): If you choose this option, the system will take you to Storage settings.
- Take No Action: If you choose this option, when you insert a drive, AutoPlay won’t come up, but you will be able to find it in File Explorer.
- Open Folder to View Files (File Explorer): This will open the removable drive you just connected via File Explorer.
- Ask Me Every Time: If you choose this option Windows will ask you how to handle the drive every time you insert a device.
Select the option you prefer.
- Below “Removable Drive,” you are going to see the “Memory Card” menu. When you click on that menu, you’ll be prompted with different options:
- Import Photos and Videos (Photos): This option copies and imports media that is stored on the memory card to Windows 11 Photos file.
- Import Photos and Videos (OneDrive): This option copies and imports media that is stored on the memory card to OneDrive cloud.
- Play (Windows Media Player): This option plays media that is stored on the memory card in the Windows Media Player application.
- Take No Action: If you choose this option, when you insert a drive, AutoPlay won’t come up, but you will be able to find it in File Explorer.
- Open Folder to View Files (File Explorer): This will open the memory card you just connected via File Explorer.
- Ask Me Every Time: If you choose this option Windows will ask you how to handle the drive every time you insert a memory card.
Select the option you prefer.
- If you’re done configuring, close settings.
Next time you insert a removable drive or memory card into your Windows 11 PC, AutoPlay will act as you configured.
