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How to Block a Hotspot on Windows 11: 4 Easy Ways
You can disable the hotspot or change its password for safe keeping
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Published onSeptember 5, 2024
published onSeptember 5, 2024
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You either want to block a hotspot on Windows 11 because you don’t want to share the connection with other devices, or just with some of them. We got the tested solutions for this situation below.
1. Turn off the mobile hotspot from Settings
By applying this small change, you will block the hotspot on Windows 11 so other devices won’t be able to connect to it. Sadly, you can’t just ban only some users or devices from using a Windows 11 hotspot. However, you can change the hotspot password and communicate it only to the users you want to use it. Read below on how to do that.
2. Change the hotspot password
After you change the hotspot password, you will be able to block the hotspot on Windows 11 for some users by just not disclosing the new password to them.
3. Block the hotspot using the Local Group Policy Editor
This method will prevent sharing a hotspot for all the users of the computer and block all remote access to the PC. So, if you still want to connect to this PC from a different device, undo this change first.
4. Block the hotspot using Registry Editor
By making this change, you will block any shared remote access to the PC, not just the hotspot so use it just as a last resort.
In conclusion, we recommend the first two solutions to block the mobile hotspot on Windows 11. While the first just disables the mobile hotspot, you might prefer just changing its password and only share it with the users you trust. We also included instructions on how to share a certain mobile band.
For more information, you can access our guide on how toset up and manage the mobile hotspot on Windows 11. If themobile hotspot is not working on Windows 11, click the highlighted link for solutions to fix it.
Hopefully, by using the methods above you managed to block the hotspot on Windows 11. For any questions, hit the comments section below.
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, Claudiu is focused on whatever comes new from Microsoft.
His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.
With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
