Turn Off a Network Connection in Windows 10

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Steps

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    The first thing that we need to do is access "Control panel"
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    To do that, we need to right-click the lower-left corner of the screen.
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    Then, we click "Control Panel"
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    When the "Control Panel" window opens, we need to click "Network and Internet"
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    Then, we click "Network and Sharing Center"
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    Now, we need to click "Change adapter settings" on the left side of the window
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    A new window will be opened. In this window, we can disable the networks. For example, we are using WiFi right now, and we are not using Ethernet.
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    To disable a network, we simply need to right-click it
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    Then, we click "Disable"
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    To reenable a network, we need to right-click it
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    Then, we click "Enable"
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    To make these changes, we will need to be logged in as an administrator.
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This concludes our tutorial on how to disable a network connection on Windows 10 computers. Thank you for watching VisiHow! If you have any other comments or questions, please leave them in the comments section below.

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Recent edits by: VisiHow, Lukward Thomason

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