How do I open Windows Defender firewall from command line?

Learn how to open the Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security console. You must be a member of the Administrators group.

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To open Windows Defender Firewall using the UI
To open Windows Defender Firewall from a command prompt
To Turn On Microsoft Defender Firewall from Notification
To Turn On Microsoft Defender Firewall in Control Panel
To Turn Off Microsoft Defender Firewall in Control Panel
To Turn On or Off Microsoft Defender Firewall in Command Prompt
To Turn On or Off Microsoft Defender Firewall in PowerShell
To Turn On or Off Microsoft Defender Firewall in Windows Security
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✅Windows 10

✅Windows 11

✅Windows Server 2016

✅Windows Server 2019

✅Windows Server 2022

Open Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security

This procedure shows you how to open the Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security console.

Administrative credentials

To complete this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group. For more information, see Additional considerations.

To open Windows Defender Firewall using the UI

Click Start, type Windows Defender Firewall, and then press ENTER.

To open Windows Defender Firewall from a command prompt

Open a command prompt window.
At the command prompt, type:
```
wf.msc
```

Additional considerations

Although standard users can start the Windows Defender Firewall MMC snap-in, to change most settings the user must be a member of a group with the permissions to modify those settings, such as Administrators.

Starting with Windows 10 build 16193, Windows Firewall has been renamed to Windows Defender Firewall, and now renamed to Microsoft Defender Firewall in Windows 10 version 2004 and higher.

Microsoft Defender Firewall is designed to help prevent hackers or malicious software from gaining access to your PC through the Internet or a network.

See also: Automatically diagnose and fix problems with Windows Firewall | Windows Support

This tutorial will show you different ways on how to turn on or off Microsoft Defender Firewall for network locations (profiles) in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to turn on or off Microsoft Defender Firewall.

Microsoft Defender Firewall is turned on by default in Windows 10.

You shouldn't turn off Microsoft Defender Firewall unless you have another third party firewall installed and turned on. Turning off Microsoft Defender Firewall might make your PC (and your network, if you have one) more vulnerable to unauthorized access to your network.

Option One: To Turn On Microsoft Defender Firewall from Notification
Option Two:To Turn On Microsoft Defender Firewall in Control Panel
Option Three: To Turn Off Microsoft Defender Firewall in Control Panel
Option Four: To Turn On or Off Microsoft Defender Firewall in Command Prompt
Option Five: To Turn On or Off Microsoft Defender Firewall in PowerShell
Option Six: To Turn On or Off Microsoft Defender Firewall in Windows Security

To Turn On Microsoft Defender Firewall from Notification

1 Click/tap on the notification (if available) from Windows Security. (see screenshot below)

2 In Windows Security, click/tap on the Turn on button for Firewall & network protection to turn on Microsoft Defender Firewall for all network profiles. (see screenshot below)

3 Click/tap on Yes when prompted by UAC to approve.

4 You can now close Windows Security if you like.

To Turn On Microsoft Defender Firewall in Control Panel

1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Windows Defender Firewall icon.

2 Do step 3 or step 4 below for how you would like to turn on Windows Firewall.

3 Click/tap on the Use recommended settings button to turn on Windows Firewall for all network profiles. (see screenshot below)

4 Click/tap on the Turn Windows Defender Firewall on or off link on the left side. (see screenshot below)

A) Select (dot) Turn on Windows Defender Firewall for each network profile (ex: domain, private, or public) you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

To Turn Off Microsoft Defender Firewall in Control Panel

1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Windows Defender Firewall icon.

2 Click/tap on the Turn Windows Defender Firewall on or off link on the left side. (see screenshot)

3 Select (dot) Turn off Windows Defender Firewall for each network profile (ex: domain, private, or public) you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

To Turn On or Off Microsoft Defender Firewall in Command Prompt

To see more usage options for the Netsh AdvFirewall Firewall command, see: Netsh AdvFirewall Firewall Commands - Microsoft Docs

1 Open an elevated command prompt.

2 Copy and paste the command below you want to use into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshots below)

(Turn on Windows Firewall for all network profiles)
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state on

(Turn off Windows Firewall for all network profiles)
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off

(Turn on Windows Firewall for current network profile)
netsh advfirewall set currentprofile state on

(Turn off Windows Firewall for current network profile)
netsh advfirewall set currentprofile state off

(Turn on Windows Firewall for domain network profile)
netsh advfirewall set domainprofile state on

(Turn off Windows Firewall for domain network profile)
netsh advfirewall set domainprofile state off

(Turn on Windows Firewall for private network profile)
netsh advfirewall set privateprofile state on

(Turn off Windows Firewall for private network profile)
netsh advfirewall set privateprofile state off

(Turn on Windows Firewall for public network profile)
netsh advfirewall set publicprofile state on

(Turn off Windows Firewall for public network profile)
netsh advfirewall set publicprofile state off

To Turn On or Off Microsoft Defender Firewall in PowerShell

To see more usage options for the Set-NetFirewallProfile command, see: Set-NetFirewallProfile - Microsoft Docs

1 Open an elevated PowerShell.

2 Copy and paste the command below you want to use into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshots below)

(Turn on Windows Firewall for all network profiles)
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off0

(Turn off Windows Firewall for all network profiles)
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off1

(Turn on Windows Firewall for domain network profile)
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off2

(Turn off Windows Firewall for domain network profile)
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off3

(Turn on Windows Firewall for private network profile)
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off4

(Turn off Windows Firewall for private network profile)
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off5

(Turn on Windows Firewall for public network profile)
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off6

(Turn off Windows Firewall for public network profile)
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off7

To Turn On or Off Microsoft Defender Firewall in Windows Security

1 Open the Windows Security, and click/tap on the Firewall & network protection icon.

2 Click/tap on Domain network, Private network or Public network you want to turn on or off Microsoft Defender Firewall for. (see screenshot below)

3 Turn on (default) or off Microsoft Defender Firewall for what you want, and click/tap on Yes when prompted by UAC to approve. (see screenshots below)

4 Check or uncheck (default) Blocks all incoming connections, including those in the list of allowed apps for what you want, and click/tap on Yes when prompted by UAC to approve. (see screenshots below)