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Comments on Remove "Erase Disk..." option from right-click context menu in macOS 15

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Remove "Erase Disk..." option from right-click context menu in macOS 15

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Since macOS 15, the right-click context menu for removable volumes has an entry "Erase Disk..." right next to the "Eject" entry:

Screenshot of the right-click context menu showing the option "Erase Disk..." right next to the option "Eject "

Is there any way to remove the erase option from the context menu? I'm afraid that I will accidentally click on it while ejecting a volume. I'm aware that accidentally clicking it will open a confirmation dialogue and not directly erase the volume, but I'd like to avoid the momentary panic this will nevertheless cause.

I already checked in onyx, which is usually a good bet for such kinds of modifications, but I can only see an option to remove the "Eject" entry.


(In case the exact OS version is relevant, I'm currently using macOS 15.2 on an M1 chip)

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Yikes. What was Apple thinking?? That's a terrible place to put that option. I mean ok, I see wh... (1 comment)
Yikes. What was Apple thinking?? That's a terrible place to put that option. I mean ok, I see wh...
Monica Cellio‭ wrote about 8 hours ago

Yikes. What was Apple thinking?? That's a terrible place to put that option.

I mean ok, I see what's happening -- object-specific options first (of which there are now two), then general "inspection" (etc) ones, then copy (and paste if contextual), then (I assume) some add-ins... but it's still a bad layout in this case. :-(