{"id":16364,"date":"2020-09-15T05:42:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T05:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=16364"},"modified":"2020-09-15T05:42:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T05:42:09","slug":"hide-or-block-wifi-network-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/hide-or-block-wifi-network-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Hide or Block Specific WiFi Network in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a way to block a nearby network from appearing on your Windows 10 system? When you click on the Wi-Fi icon in the system tray, you can see a long list of nearby wireless networks. Some of them are not secure or using offensive names, and you may want to get rid of them. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you the easy way to hide or block specific Wi-Fi network in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Hide or Block Specific WiFi Network in Windows 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Before getting started, click the Wi-Fi icon in the notification area and find the SSID of the Wi-Fi network you want to hide from the list.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/a-list-of-wifi-networks.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"398\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/a-list-of-wifi-networks.png 400w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/a-list-of-wifi-networks-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/a-list-of-wifi-networks-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/a-list-of-wifi-networks-144x144.png 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<\/li>\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 an elevated Command Prompt<\/a>. Type the next command to hide or block any specific Wi-Fi network, replacing &#8220;<em>WiFi_Name<\/em>&#8221; with the SSID you found in the step above.<br \/>\n<code>netsh wlan add filter permission=block ssid=\"WiFi_Name\" networktype=infrastructure<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/block-a-wifi-in-windows-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/block-a-wifi-in-windows-10.png 575w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/block-a-wifi-in-windows-10-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \t<strong>Note:<\/strong> This command applies to your system so you only hide the Wi-Fi network for yourself.<\/li>\n<li>You can view all the blocked Wi-Fi networks by running this command:<br \/>\n<code>netsh wlan show filters<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view-hidden-wifi-networks.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"371\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view-hidden-wifi-networks.png 575w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/view-hidden-wifi-networks-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>To unhide a hidden \/ blocked Wi-Fi network, execute the following command to remove it from the blocked list.<br \/>\n<code>netsh wlan delete filter permission=block ssid=\"WiFi_Name\" networktype=infrastructure<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/unhide-a-blocked-wifi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/unhide-a-blocked-wifi.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/unhide-a-blocked-wifi-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \tSometimes, you may want to configure Windows 10 to block all other Wi-Fi networks except your own SSID. To do so, run these commands:<br \/>\n<code>netsh wlan add filter permission=allow ssid=\"Your_Own_WiFi\" networktype=infrastructure<br \/>\nnetsh wlan add filter permission=denyall networktype=infrastructure<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s 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>Is there a way to block a nearby network from appearing on your Windows 10 system? When you click on the Wi-Fi icon in the system tray, you can see a long list of nearby wireless networks. 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