Oracle^® Solaris 11.3 Desktop User's Guide

Ejecting Media

To eject media, right-click the media icon on the desktop, and then choose Eject. If the drive for the media is a motorized drive, the media is ejected from the drive. If the drive for the media is not motorized, wait until the desktop icon for the media disappears, and then eject the media manually.

How to Eject a USB Flash Drive

You must unmount removable media before ejecting. Do not remove a USB flash drive before you unmount the flash drive. If you do not unmount the media first, you might lose data.

1. Close all file manager windows, terminal windows, and any other windows that access the USB drive.
2. Right-click the icon that represents the drive on the desktop, and then choose Eject.

   The desktop icon for the drive disappears from the display.

3. Remove the USB flash drive.