WD 5TB My Passport portable external storage, external hard drive, USB 3.0, portable HDD with software for device management, backup and password protection, works with PC, Xbox &Playstation, Black
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WD 5TB My Passport portable external storage, external hard drive, USB 3.0, portable HDD with software for device management, backup and password protection, works with PC, Xbox &Playstation, Black

by Western Digital

WD 5TB My Passport portable external storage, external hard drive, USB 3.0, portable HDD with software for device management, backup and password protection, works with PC, Xbox &Playstation, Black — charted as a top-100 best-selling hard drive on Amazon UK in 7 different years (2020–2026), peaking at #17.

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About this hard drive

  • Every journey needs a passport. The My Passport drive is trusted, portable storage that gives you the confidence and freedom to drive forward in life. With a stylish design that fits in the palm of your hand, there’s space to store, organize, and share your photos, videos, music, and documents. Perfectly paired with backup software and password protection, the My Passport drive helps keep your dig
  • Slim style. It features a convenient, slim form factor and is available in a range of vibrant colors.
  • Backed up. The My Passpor drive comes equipped with backup software to help make sure everything you create while on your own life journey - photos, videos, music and documents - does not get lost. You can set it to run automatically to your schedule. Just pick the time and frequency to back up important files from your system onto your My Passport drive.
  • Locked down. The My Passport drive’s built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with password protection helps keep your digital life's contents secure. Just install our software2 and set your password to activate password protection.
  • Super Easy. My Passport portable storage is ready right out of the box with the necessary cable. And with SuperSpeed USB (5Gbps), you can quickly start backing up everything in your life and keep driving forward.
  • Ongoing confidence. There's no telling what's ahead in your own Journey. That's why WD builds drives to demanding requirements for durability, and long-term reliability. On top of that, it comes with a 3-year limited warranty
  • This product has been certified to meet Google's compatibility standards. Chromebook and the works with Chromebook badge are trademarks of Google LLC

Details

Peak position#17 (of 7 years charting)
Charted2020–2026
CategoryData Storage › External Data Storage › External Hard Drives
PublisherWestern Digital
Price range£28.33 – £229.61 (all time)

Price history

Amazon UK price history for WD 5TB My Passport portable external storage, external hard drive, USB 3.0, portable HDD with software for device management, backup and password protection, works with PC, Xbox &Playstation, Black

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In the charts

Its best year was 2025, when it finished at #17 in Amazon UK’s annual Top 100 hard drives. That year’s #1 was UnionSine External Hard Drive 500GB Ultra Slim Portable Hard Drive USB 3.0 HDD Storage Compatible for PC,Mac, Laptop, Xbox, Xbox one, PS4(Black) by UnionSine. It first charted in 2020 at #67, climbed to a peak of #17 in 2024, and last appeared in 2026, at #49. That is 7 consecutive years in the Top 100.

Around it in 2025

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FAQs

Was "WD 5TB My Passport portable external storage, external hard drive, USB 3.0, portable HDD with software for device management, backup and password protection, works with PC, Xbox &Playstation, Black" a bestseller?
WD 5TB My Passport portable external storage, external hard drive, USB 3.0, portable HDD with software for device management, backup and password protection, works with PC, Xbox &Playstation, Black — charted as a top-100 best-selling hard drive on Amazon UK in 7 different years (2020–2026), peaking at #17.

What was the best-selling hard drive of 2025?
"UnionSine External Hard Drive 500GB Ultra Slim Portable Hard Drive USB 3.0 HDD Storage Compatible for PC,Mac, Laptop, Xbox, Xbox one, PS4(Black)" by UnionSine was the #1 best-selling hard drive on Amazon UK in 2025. "WD 5TB My Passport portable external storage, external hard drive, USB 3.0, portable HDD with software for device management, backup and password protection, works with PC, Xbox &Playstation, Black" finished at #17 that year.

What other hard drives by Western Digital were bestsellers?
"WD Blue 1TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - 7200 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB Cache, 2 Year Warranty" (peak #2, 2016–2023); "WD 1 TB Elements Portable Hard Drive" (peak #2, 2017–2026); "WD 2TB Elements portable external hard drive, USB 3.0 interface, portable external storage, Plug-and-Play, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1, Formatted for PC and Mac, Black" (peak #3, 2017–2024); "WD Red 3TB 3.5 Inch NAS Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM - WD30EFRX" (peak #5, 2016–2020); "WD 4TB Elements AE Portable External Hard Drive, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0, Plug-and-Play, Formatted for Windows, Black" (peak #6, 2025–2026).

What years did "WD 5TB My Passport portable external storage, external hard drive, USB 3.0, portable HDD with software for device management, backup and password protection, works with PC, Xbox &Playstation, Black" chart on Amazon UK?
It appeared in the annual Top 100 best-selling hard drives list in: 2026 (#49), 2025 (#17), 2024 (#17), 2023 (#18), 2022 (#26), 2021 (#29), 2020 (#67).