{"id":16269,"date":"2020-08-20T07:27:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T07:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=16269"},"modified":"2020-08-20T07:27:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T07:27:35","slug":"disable-ipv6-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/disable-ipv6-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Disable IPv6 in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IPv6 causes connectivity issues? IPv6 is the latest version of the Internet Protocol, which is supposed to replace IPv4. However, most websites or softwares don&#8217;t work with IPv6 yet. It is common for IT administrators to disable IPv6 to fix some unknown, networking-related issue. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 3 easy methods to disable IPv6 in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Disable IPv6 in Network Adapter Properties<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the Windows logo key + R to open the Run dialog. Type <strong>ncpa.cpl<\/strong> and hit Enter.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/run-ncpa-command.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/run-ncpa-command.png 401w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/run-ncpa-command-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>It will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-network-connections-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open the Network Connections window<\/a>. Right-click the network adapter you want to disable IPv6 on, and then select <strong>Properties<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/network-adapter-properties.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/network-adapter-properties.png 586w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/network-adapter-properties-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>In order to disable IPv6, uncheck the box next to <strong>Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP\/IPv6)<\/strong>. Click <strong>OK<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/uncheck-internet-protocol-version-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/uncheck-internet-protocol-version-6.png 365w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/uncheck-internet-protocol-version-6-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>You can use the same method to disable IPv6 for other network adapters.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Disable IPv6 Using PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>First, you need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-run-powershell-as-administrator-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">open Windows PowerShell as administrator<\/a>. Next, run the following command to check the status of IPv6 for all network adapters available in your computer.\n<p><code>Get-NetAdapterBinding -ComponentID ms_tcpip6<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/check-network-adapters-ipv6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"249\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/check-network-adapters-ipv6.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/check-network-adapters-ipv6-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \tIn my example, &#8220;<em>Wi-Fi<\/em>&#8221; is the name of the network adapter I want to disable IPv6 on.<\/li>\n<li>To disable IPv6 on a specific network adapter only, type the following command. Replace &#8220;<em>Wi-Fi<\/em>&#8221; with the name of your network adapter card.<br \/>\n<code>Disable-NetAdapterBinding -Name \"Wi-Fi\" -ComponentID ms_tcpip6<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/enable-ipv6-with-powershell.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"124\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/enable-ipv6-with-powershell.png 518w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/enable-ipv6-with-powershell-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can use the wildcard * to disable IPv6 on all network adapters, instead of disabling them one by one.<br \/>\n<code>Disable-NetAdapterBinding -Name \"*\" -ComponentID ms_tcpip6<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Whenever you need to enable IPv6 again, just run this command:<br \/>\n<code>Enable-NetAdapterBinding -name * -ComponentID ms_tcpip6<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Method 3: Disable IPv6 Using Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-elevated-command-prompt-from-standard-user-in-windows\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Open the Command Prompt as administrator<\/a>, and execute this command to disable IPv6 completely:<br \/>\n<code>reg add \"HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Tcpip6\\Parameters\" \/v DisabledComponents \/t REG_DWORD \/d 255 \/f<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/disable-ipv6-with-cmd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"198\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/disable-ipv6-with-cmd.png 584w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/disable-ipv6-with-cmd-300x102.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Restart the computer for changes to take effect. To verify if IPv6 is disabled, run <code>ipconfig \/all<\/code> and see if the interface shows IPv6 address.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ipconfig.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"333\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ipconfig.png 597w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ipconfig-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \tTo revert and enable IPv6, you can delete <strong>DisabledComponents<\/strong> registry key with this command:<br \/>\n<code>reg delete \"HKLM\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Tcpip6\\Parameters\" \/v DisabledComponents \/f<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s all there is to it.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IPv6 causes connectivity issues? 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