Automatic timer to turn on Wifi after 1 hour, 4 hours or 1 day on Windows 10

Normally, if you do not use Wifi anymore, users often turn off Wifi to extend battery life, . However, when you need to use, we have to manipulate a few more steps to reopen Wifi. This is extremely time consuming and labor intensive. To save effort and time, we can set the time to re-enable Wifi after a certain period of time.

Although there is no automatic option on the operating system to turn on Wifi after a certain period of time, however, with Windows 10 build 14942 users can configure Windows 10 to automatically turn on Wifi after about 1 hour, 4 hours and 1 day.

In the following article, Network Administrator will guide you 2 ways to configure Windows 10 to automatically turn on Wifi after 1 hour, 4 hours and 1 day.

Note:

Your Windows 10 computer must run Windows 10 build 14942 or higher build versions to use this feature.

1. Automatically turn on Wifi after a few hours

This is the fastest solution to turn off and reopen Wifi on Windows 10 computers.

Step 1:

First click on the Wifi icon on the Taskbar system tray to see all available Wifi connections and check which network connection your computer is connected to.

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If the Wifi icon is not displayed on the Taskbar system tray, you can refer to the steps to restore the Wifi icon in the Taskbar here.

Step 2:

Next click on the Wifi icon box to turn off Wifi and to open the Flyout Menu.

Step 3:

At Turn Wi-Fi back on, you can choose the option of Print 1 hour, Un 4 hours or Print 1 Day. Depending on the option you choose, Windows 10 will automatically turn on Wifi again after 1 hour, 4 hours or 1 day.

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2. Through Settings settings

Step 1:

First open the Settings app on your Windows 10 computer, then on the Settings window, find and click Network & Internet icon.

Step 2:

Click on Wifi to see Wifi settings.

Step 3:

At Wifi, proceed to turn off Wifi to see the option Turn Wi-Fi back on.

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Step 4:

Here you select the option Print 1 hour, Print 4 hours, or Print 1 day from the dropdown Menu to automatically turn on Wifi after 1 hour, 4 hours or 1 day.

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Refer to some of the following articles:

1. Wifi on Windows 10 does not connect after starting from Sleep mode

1. How to delete Wifi saved on Windows 10?

1. How to use Command Prompt to manage wireless networks on Windows 10?

Good luck!