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On a Windows host, by default, unless Workstation Pro is currently configured to remember a connection rule for a specific USB device, when you plug the USB device into the host system, Workstation Pro prompts you to select a machine to connect the device to. Finally, reboot your PC and check the USB settings again.Workstation Pro responds differently when you plug a USB device into a Windows host or a Linux host. Type the following command sudo usermod -aG vboxusers mir (In the last command, instead of mir use your account name such as nick, peter, etc.)

Open your Linux host's terminal, type sudo su, and enter your account password. ***If you don't find any active USB list, follow the Solution 2 Check on Enable USB controller and select USB 2.0 (EHCI) Controller or USB 3.0 (xHCI) Controller, any one of them (By default USB 1.1 (OHCI). Now select your Virtual Machine -> Right-click on it and choose Settings (Ctrl+S). I hope at this point you have installed the VirtualBox Extension Pack successfully. ( Extension Pack must be the same version of your VirtualBox) If you don't find any installed extension pack, go to the VirtualBox download page ( ) and look for Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack, download and installed it. Open VirtualBox -> Click on File menu -> Preferences (Ctrl+G) -> Extensions tab How to enable USB support for your Virtual Machines?Ĭheck if you already installed an extension pack or not? Wifi Adapters - If you want to connect your USB dongles, external Wifi adapter to your Virtual Machines, you need USB support. What are the needs to have USB support for Virtual Machines?ĭata Transfer - Suppose you want to create a backup of your Virtual Machine, or just want to transfer data from your Pen drive to Virtual Machine (Vice versa), in that case, you must have an active USB connection. Such as Linux Mint, Ubuntu, POP OS, etc), that VirtualBox unable to find USB devices connected to the host OS, even you installed the VirtualBox Extension Pack. This is the common problem I have seen in almost every Linux distros (especially Debian based distros.