How to Enable or Disable IPv6 in Windows 11/10

This tutorial shows students and new users steps to disable or enable IPv6 when using Windows 11. IPv6 is enabled by default in Windows 11. If your environment has no need for IPv6 or simply want to disable it so that it doesn’t interfere with application settings, you can do so with few clicks.

IPv6 is the next generation Internet Protocol (IP) standard intended to eventually replace IPv4, which has fewer features and is limited in number when compared to IPv6. However IPv6 adoption in some areas is slow, for legacy systems, it’s completely not available.

Some Windows users may encounter the IPv6 Connectivity, No network access error when attempting to connect to a network on Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer. In this post, we identify the potential triggers, as well as provide the most adequate solutions to remediate the issue.

Issues addressed in this tutorial:
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Till recently, we used the IPv4 version, which provided us with a 32-bit address. But these available addresses will be exhausted soon. The newer version of IP, is the IPv6, on the other hand, offers us 128-bit addressing capability, which means that there would be more addresses available for use and making the Internet more secure (better network layer security) than the earlier version of the IPv4, with a better QoS and other features such as Mobility support, multi-casting support as well.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Huawei and Samsung. .