How to Disconnect a Mapped Network Drive_Computers and Electronics_Common Sense of Life

Method 1 Method 1 of 2: On Windows

1 Open Start . Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
2 Open File Explorer . Click the folder-shaped icon in the bottom-left side of the Start window.
3 Click This PC. It's a computer-shaped item on the left side of the File Explorer window. You may have to scroll up or down here to find it.
4 Click the Computer tab. You'll find this in the upper-left side of the File Explorer window. Clicking it prompts a toolbar to appear at the top of the window.
5 Click Map network drive ▼. It's in the "Network" section of the toolbar. A drop-down menu will appear.
- Make sure you click the bottom half of this icon and not the top half, as clicking the top half will open a new Network Drive window.
6 Click Disconnect network drive. This option is at the bottom of the drop-down menu. Clicking it will prompt a window with a list of all connected network drives to open.
7 Select a network drive. Click on the drive that you want to disconnect.
8 Click OK. It's at the bottom of the window. This will disconnect the drive.

Method 2 Method 2 of 2: On Mac

1 Open Finder. Click the blue, face-like app icon in your Mac's Dock.
2 Locate your mapped drive. On the left side of the Finder window, look for the name of the network drive that you want to disconnect. You'll usually find this below a "Shared" heading.
3 Select the drive. Click the mapped network drive that you want to disconnect.
4 Click Disconnect. It's in the main Finder window. Doing so will disconnect your drive from the computer network.
- If you don't see Disconnect, you can also click the "Eject" button to the right of the network drive.

How to Disconnect a Mapped Network Drive