---
id: external-drives.how-do-i-eject-all-external-drives-at-once
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/external-drives/how-do-i-eject-all-external-drives-at-once
category: "External drives"
subcategory: "Ejecting and reconnecting"
question: "How do I eject all my external drives at once?"
alt_questions:
  - "Eject multiple drives Mac"
  - "Keyboard shortcut to eject a drive"
  - "Command E eject disk"
  - "eject everything before unplugging dock"
short_answer: "Select the drives on the desktop or in Finder and press Command-E (File → Eject). Wait for every icon to disappear before unplugging a dock. Eject the Storage Studio drive from Storage Studio so apps running from it are quit first."
tags: ["eject", "shortcut", "dock"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/external-drives/how-do-i-safely-eject-my-fast-drive", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/external-drives/eject-fails-files-still-in-use", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/external-drives/can-i-eject-the-drive-from-finder-instead"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# How do I eject all my external drives at once?

Select all the drive icons on your desktop (or in Finder) and press **Command-E**, or choose **File → Eject**. Each selected drive is ejected in turn. In the Finder sidebar, each drive also has its own eject button.

Before unplugging a dock with several drives, eject them all and wait for the icons to disappear. If one refuses because it's in use, see [why a drive can't be ejected](https://storagestudio.us/faq/external-drives/eject-fails-files-still-in-use). For your Storage Studio drive, ejecting from Storage Studio first quits apps that run from it — see [how to eject the fast drive safely](https://storagestudio.us/faq/external-drives/how-do-i-safely-eject-my-fast-drive).