How to Safely Remove USB Flash Drives From a Chromebook Joe Fedewa You’ve probably heard about how you should always safely “eject” a USB drive before unplugging it. On Windows, it’s a very simple process, but what about on a Chromebook? Should you still do it? How does it work? Why You Should “Eject” Before Unplugging Before we talk about how to safely remove a USB drive from a Chromebook, you might want to know why it’s important. RELATED: The main thing you risk when yanking out a USB drive is data loss. If data is being written to the drive, you could interrupt that process by removing it. Telling the operating system to “eject” the drive before you physically remove it ensures that all the processes are ended.