How To Block a WiFi network in Windows 10

How To Block a WiFi network in Windows 10

Windows 10 automatically detects all WiFi networks within range and displays them all when you click on the taskbar network icon. This is not a bad thing though – it enables us to easily choose a network.
Nevertheless, you might want to block a WiFi network in Windows 10, or even more, if your connections list is too cluttered, or you’re often nearby public networks you don’t trust. Blocking a network is an excellent way of making sure you never connect to it by accident.

How to block a WiFi network in Windows 10

For whatever reason, Windows doesn’t provide any stock option to block specific WiFi networks. However, it is still possible to block a WiFi network in Windows 10 via the Command Prompt.
Keep in mind that blocking a WiFi network will remove it from the network connections list and you won’t be able to connect to it.
Begin by opening the Command Prompt with administrative rights. To do this, search for “command prompt” in the Start menu, right-click it and select “Run as Administrator”.
Use the command below to block the WiFi network once you replace the “Network Name” using the network’s name or SSID:

netsh wlan add filter permission=block ssid="Network Name" networktype=infrastructure

This will add the WiFi network to the blacklist and it won’t be visible in the connections pop up anymore.

Unblock a WiFi network in Windows 10

Perhaps at some point, you might want to allow the blocked WiFi network. In this case, its entry needs to be removed from the blacklist. Once you replace “Network Name” with the actual name of the blocked network in the command below, run it in Command Prompt to unblock the network.

netsh wlan delete filter permission=block ssid="Network Name" networktype=infrastructure

Since the WiFi network you’re trying to unblock is not displayed in the network connections list anymore, you might not remember its exact name. In this case, use the command below to list both allowed and blocked WiFi networks:

netsh wlan show filters

Once you find the name of the network you can use the previous command to unblock it.

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