How to disable/enable network adapter from command line on the Windows 10?

Question

Currently, when I need to disable/enable network adapter I'm performing the following steps:

1. Opening the device manager (⊞ Win+R, devmgmt.msc and Enter).
2. Searching for the required network adapter.
3. Click right mouse button on it.
4. Select Disable (or Enable) from the popup menu:

How I can disable/enable network adapter from the command line?

Thanks

Answer 1

Open up Command Prompt as Administrator and type the following command line:

netsh interface set interface 'INTERFACE NAME' disable

References:

How to enable or disable Wi-Fi and Ethernet network adapters on Windows 10

Answer 2

Open up PowerShell as Administrator and run the following:

Get-NetAdapter

Get-NetAdapter will list the Network adapter properties

Get-NetAdapter Documentation

Disable a network adapter by name

Disable-NetAdapter -Name "Adapter Name" -Confirm:$false

Disable-NetAdapter Documentation

Enable Network Adapter by Name

Enable-NetAdapter -Name "Adapter Name" -Confirm:$false

Enable Net Adapter Documentation

Answer 3

script to enable and disable network adapter

hi, use the below script and save it as .bat file.ex.. (lan.bat) please change the interface name cmd > netsh interface show interface (this command will show your interface name)

copy below script to notepad and save it as .bat file as said above @echo off (netsh interface show interface name="your interface name" | find /i "enabled")>nul if %errorlevel% equ 0 (netsh interface set interface name="your interface name" admin=disabled) else (netsh interface set interface name="your interface name" admin=enabled)