A new filter for this device will be added to the list of filter as shown in the image below:Ĥ. In the pop-up menu scroll down the device you want to access and click on it or press the enter key (In my example I want to access the USB FLASH Drive). This will bring the pop-up menu with all USB devices connected to the host (See image below).ģ. So while on the USB configuration options dialog box press “Alt+Ins” or click on “Add Filter From Device” button (Second button from top with green plus symbol).

Virtual box allows you to create filter based on vendor or product category and so on but we will ignore all that in this post and create filter which matches to exactly one and only one device that we want to share. This is done using the USB filters, only the device which matches the filter are accessible from the guest. Now we need to tell virtual box which USB device(s) connected to host should be accessible from guest. Now the USB Configuration Dialog Box will should look like the image below:Ģ. If the device is USB 2.0 complaint check “Enable USB 2.0 (EHCI) Controller check box. Once the device is detected by your host OS, open the USB configuration options dialog for the guest’s virtual machine in Virtual Box.ġ. Before going to actual configuration ensure that the USB device you want access from guest is connected.