What is this USB device?

Ran lsusb, checked dmesg, or found an unknown device in Device Manager? Paste the 4-hex-digit vendor and product ID below to find out exactly what hardware it is.

Accepts 046d:c534, 046d, USB\VID_046D&PID_C534, or plain text like “Logitech receiver”. Currently indexing 20,537 devices from 3,427 vendors.

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What is a USB VID/PID?

Every USB device reports two 16-bit numbers when it is plugged in: a Vendor ID (VID) assigned to the manufacturer by the USB Implementers Forum, and a Product ID (PID) chosen by that manufacturer for the specific model. Together they form the pair you see written as 046d:c534.

Operating systems use this pair to pick a driver. When no driver matches, you get “Unknown device” and a bare hex code — which is what this site decodes.

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How do I find mine?

  • Linux: run lsusb — each line ends with ID vvvv:pppp.
  • Windows: Device Manager → device → Details → Hardware Ids → USB\VID_046D&PID_C534.
  • macOS: run system_profiler SPUSBDataType.

Got a whole wall of output? Paste it into the lsusb parser or the Windows hardware ID parser and get back clickable results for every device at once.