Is there a way to determine if your Flash Drive is USB 2.0 or USB 3.0?

I have a bunch of USB 2.0 and 3.0 Flash Drives - which don't seem to match the color codes for USB Drives.

Some have red connectors, but I am pretty sure they are not USB 3.2 drives. Yes, they are pretty old and the ones with the red connectors seem to be mainly SanDisk drives.

Anyway, is there a little Windows 10 utility that will tell me the version of a USB drive just by plugging it in.

ron in shawnee

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Hi roninrr2,
I'm Rodrigo and I will help you.
With USB Tree View you can see if the device is USB 3.0 and if it is running on 3.0 speed.

https://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/UsbTreeView_x64...

Another option to identify a USB 3.0 device is visually checking the connectors
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The 3.0 connector (right) has additional connector pins inside


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