3 ways to turn off the Windows 10 firewall, steps to turn off the firewall on Windows 10

However, sometimes you still need to turn off the firewall to perform certain functions. The 3 ways to turn off the Windows 10 firewall below will help you in such situations.

Method 1: Turn off the firewall on Windows 10 using Control Panel

In fact, this method is still applicable to both Windows 11, Windows 7 and Windows 8. The steps are as follows:

Step 1: You press the Win button on the keyboard or click the Start button to open the Start Menu then enter Control Panel to search and open the control panel.

Step 2: Click System and Security. If you don't see System and Security, click the drop-down menu at View by and then select Category.

Step 3: Click Windows Defender Firewall (or Windows Firewall).

Step 4: Click Turn Windows Firewall on or off in the left sidebar (Tip: You can also access the firewall settings screen by executing control firewall.cpl in CMD or Run).

Step 5: Here, click to select Turn off Windows Firewall (not recommended) to turn off the firewall on Windows 10. You can turn off the firewall for both private and public networks or just turn off for one network depending on your needs. .

Step 6: Click OK to save the settings.

Method 2: How to turn off Windows 10 firewall with Windows Security

Basically, this method can be used for both Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Step 1: You press the Win button on the keyboard or click the Start button to open the Start Menu then enter Windows Security to search and open Windows protection software.

Step 2: Click on Firewall & network protection.

Step 3: Click on each network for which you want to turn off the firewall among the three networks Domain network, Private network and Public network, or click on all three if you want to disable them all.

Step 4: After clicking on the network you want to turn off, turn the switch in the Microsoft Defender Firewall section from On to Off, repeat for all three networks if you want to turn off all three.

So you have finished turning off the firewall on Windows 10. To turn the firewall back on, you just need to do from step 1, to step 4, select On instead of Off.

Method 3: Turn off the Windows 10 firewall with the command

Those of you who are familiar with cmd and commands or who like to feel like a hacker can use the command to turn off the firewall on Windows 10. Here's how:

Step 1: You press the Win button on the keyboard or click the Start button to open the Start Menu then enter cmd to search and open the Command Prompt command window. Remember to open it as admin.

Step 2: To turn off the firewall, enter the following command into the Command Prompt and then press Enter:

netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off

Step 3: If you want to reactivate it, just enter the following command in Command Prompt and press Enter:

netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state on

Some other commands to turn on and off the firewall on Windows 10 that you may need:

1. netsh advfirewall set currentprofile state off - Turn off firewall for current user
2. netsh advfirewall set currentprofile state on - Opens firewall with current user
3. netsh advfirewall set domainprofile state off - Turn off firewall on Domain network
4. netsh advfirewall set domainprofile state on - Open firewall on Domain network
5. netsh advfirewall set publicprofile state off - Turn off firewall on Public network
6. netsh advfirewall set publicprofile state on - Open firewall on Public network
7. netsh advfirewall set privateprofile state off - Turn off firewall on Private network
8. netsh advfirewall set privateprofile state on - Open firewall on Private network

Good luck!

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Update 16 February 2022