Windows 10: Enable or Disable Mobile Hotspot in Windows 10

How to: Enable or Disable Mobile Hotspot in Windows 10

How to Enable or Disable Mobile Hotspot in Windows 10


By default, any user can turn your Windows 10 PC into a mobile hotspot by sharing the Internet connection with other devices over Wi-Fi. Users can share a Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or cellular data connection. If your PC has a cellular data connection and you share it, it will use data from your data plan.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the mobile hotspot feature for all users in Windows 10.

*Warning You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable the mobile hotspot feature.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Enable or Disable Mobile Hotspot in Local Group Policy Editor
• Option Two: Enable or Disable Mobile Hotspot using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Mobile Hotspot disabled









OPTION ONE [/i] Enable or Disable Mobile Hotspot in Local Group Policy Editor

*note The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option Two.
1. Open the Local Group Policy Editor.

2. In the left pane of the Local Group Policy Editor, click/tap on to expand Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Network, and Network Connections. (see screenshot below)



3. In the right pane of Network Connections, double click/tap on the Prohibit use of Internet Connection Sharing on your DNS domain network policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)

4. Do step 5 (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


5. To Enable Mobile Hotspot
A) Select (dot) either Not Configured or Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)

*note Not Configured is the default setting.

6. To Disable Mobile Hotspot
A) Select (dot) Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)




7. When finished, you can close Local Group Policy Editor if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] Enable or Disable Mobile Hotspot using a REG file

*note The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Network Connections

NC_ShowSharedAccessUI DWORD

(delete) = Enable
0 = Disable

1. Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Enable Mobile Hotspot
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Enable_Mobile_Hotspot_feature.reg

Download

3. To Disable Mobile Hotspot
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_Mobile_Hotspot_feature.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You could now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


Related Tutorials

• How to Turn On or Off Mobile Hotspot in Windows 10
• How to Enable or Disable Turn On Mobile Hotspot Remotely in Windows 10
• Enable or Disable Automatically Turn Off Mobile Hotspot when No Devices Connected in Windows 10

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Turned Windows 10 Mobile Hotspot "ON" but not visible on devices..

have you followed all the steps? U might have missed something. Check out instructions mentioned here Windows 10 Tip: Set Up a Mobile Hotspot - Thurrott.com

 

How to enable Mobile hotspot in Windows 10?

Thanks for your reply.

Did you follow the troubleshooting steps above? Did you see the enable option upon disabling the Mobile hotspot?

 

Windows 10 Mobile Hotspot Not working

Hi,

Your Bluetooth connection may be enabled which prevents you from setting up your mobile hotspot. To have this addressed, we suggest turning off the Bluetooth connection and see if you're able to set up your mobile hotspot. Follow these steps:

• Open Settings and select Devices.
• Click Bluetooth, then toggle it OFF.

Once done, check if you can now turn on your computer's mobile hotspot. Let us know how it goes.

Regards.

 

How to enable Mobile hotspot in Windows 10?

Hello,

Mobile hotspot can be found under Network & Internet settings. To enable the "Mobile hotspot" option in a Windows 10 computer, you may follow these steps:

• 
  Select the Start button, then select Settings > Network & Internet > Mobile hotspot.
  
• 
  For Share my Internet connection from, choose the Internet connection you want to share.
  
• 
  Select Edit > enter a new network name and password > Save.
  
• 
  Turn on Share my Internet connection with other devices.
  
• 
  To connect on the other device, go to the Wi-Fi settings on that device, find your network name, select it, enter the password, and then connect.
  

Do let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Enable Internet sharing/Mobile hotspot on Lumia 950

Hello,
Christene.

Thank you for posting your query to Microsoft Community. We understand that you want to enable Internet sharing/Mobile hotspot on your Lumia 950.

To enable Internet sharing/Mobile hotspot on your phone, please follow the steps below:

• Go to Settings.
• Tap on Network & wireless.
• Tap Mobile hotspot.
• Tap on the On/Off slider to enable the Internet sharing/Mobile hotspot on your phone.

Hope this helps.

Feel free to post back if you need further assistance.