Windows 10: Turn On or Off Airplane Mode in Windows 10

How to: Turn On or Off Airplane Mode in Windows 10

How to Turn On or Off Airplane Mode in Windows 10


Airplane mode is a feature that gives you a quick way to turn off all wireless communication on your PC. As the name implies, it's especially useful when you're on an airplane. Wireless communication includes Wi-Fi, cellular (mobile broadband), Bluetooth, GPS or GNSS, near field communication (NFC), and all other types of wireless communication.

*note Even if your PC has a hardware switch for airplane mode, it is recommend to use the following steps instead. Some hardware switches might turn off your wireless connection in a way that lets certain apps turn the connection back on without telling you.

After you tap or click the toggle to turn Airplane mode on or off, it can take your PC a few seconds to turn each wireless device on or off. If you toggle Airplane mode on and off too quickly, or if you turn on Airplane mode and then put your PC to sleep before your PC can turn your wireless devices on or off, your wireless device settings might get out of sync with the Airplane mode setting.
When airplane mode is turned on, you'll see an airplane icon

in the notification area of your desktop.

When airplane mode is turned on, you'll still be able to turn on or off your individual Bluetooth and wireless devices.

This tutorial will show you how to quickly turn on or off Airplane mode for all wireless communication on your Windows 10 PC.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Turn On or Off Airplane Mode in Action Center
• Option Two: To Turn On or Off Airplane Mode in Network Notification Area Icon
• Option Three: To Turn On or Off Airplane Mode in Settings
• Option Four: To Turn On or Off Airplane Mode using a REG file

OPTION ONE [/i] To Turn On or Off Airplane Mode in Action Center
1. Open Action Center (Win+A).

2. Click/tap on the Airplane mode quick action button to toggle on or off. (see screenshot below)









OPTION TWO [/i] To Turn On or Off Airplane Mode in Network Notification Area Icon
1. Click/tap on the network icon in the taskbar notification area.

2. Click/tap on the Airplane mode button to toggle on or off. (see screenshot below)









OPTION THREE [/i] To Turn On or Off Airplane Mode in Settings
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Network & Internet icon.

2. Click/tap on Airplane mode on the left side, and turn on or off Airplane mode for what you want on the right side. (see screenshot below)

3. When finished, you can close Settings if you like.









OPTION FOUR [/i] To Turn On or Off Airplane Mode using a REG file

*note You must be signed in as an administrator to do this option.

The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\RadioManagement\SystemRadioState

(Default) DWORD

0 = Off
1 = On


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


2. To Turn On Airplane Mode
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_on_airplane_mode.reg

Download

3. To Turn Off Airplane Mode
*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.

Turn_off_airplane_mode.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. Restart the computer to apply.

8. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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• How to Turn On or Off Bluetooth Wireless Communication in Windows 10
• How to Turn On or Off Wi-Fi Communication in Windows 10
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• How to Automatically Turn Off Wi-Fi Upon Ethernet Connect in Windows

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airplane mode

Turning airplane mode, off also turn off wifi .

To get wifi to stay on, airplane mode must be on.

 

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Please read the answer from George JeffreyChilders on this Thread Windows 10 airplane mode won't
turn off for a solution to your issue with Airplane Mode

 

Interesting. Thank you for sharing your results Perez. *Smile

 

I tried all steps and avenues above to turn Airplane Mode OFF of my Dell PC (equipped with bluetooth/wifi), and Airplane Mode with Windows 10 is always on. Even when I try to click to slide it off, it still slides back to "on". I do not see the Airplane icon however, and also I don't notice any wifi connection issues with my computer as that's how I connect to the internet, so I guess I'll leave well enough alone. Just don't understand why it's always on and wont let me slide it to the off position.

 

Hello susychpstk, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

You might also check to see if you may have a key on the keyboard that toggles Airplane Mode on/off.

 

hi,

is there a way to hide or remove this button from the action center?

 

Hello Smitty, *Smile

If you like, you could change your quick actions to not have "Airplane Mode" show in action center unless you expand the quick actions.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

 

thats not a bad idea, i would have to increase the number of quick actions from 4 to more in the registry, but thats not bad.

thanks Brink

 

You're welcome. I hope it'll serve as a good workaround.

 

Hi I have a Linx Windows 10 tablet - wh. has suddenly switched into Flight Mode.

In Settings, the Wifi section has disappeared, and none of the normally available wifi networks are visible or available anywhere on the tablet. Other devices see and connect to them fine. The Flight mode is registered as Off in Settings.

ANy ideas? {I vaguely remember a box coming up at some time recently about Windows Connect conflicting with something. Dunno if that's related]

Many thx if you can help

 

No need to reply. Sorted.

 

Have you clicked on the icon for flight mode (maybe twice) to attempt to reset it?

 

care to share the solution?

 

Also no registry address?