How to change network from Public to Private in Windows 10 | 4 methods demonstrated

You may want to changes in network profile of your windows 10 PC to make it discover able to others or not. I have listed down 4 methods in this tutorial. Basis your comfort you may choose upon any one and do the needful.

When you make change in your windows 10 network location, you will notice that by default it is set to public, which is most restrictive, to share folders and drives, you will need to make this change to private.

Summary of methods explained in this is given below:

Forget password under manage known networks- When you enter your wifi password, it asks you whether you want to make your PC discoverable to other systems in the network or not. If you choose yes - it means network selected is private and if you choose no - network selection is public.
Second method that is discussed here is about doing doing toggle between making your PC discover able or not. This can be done in both the cases - when your PC is connected with LAN and when it is connected with WiFi.

Steps are simple to follow..

Go to settings from start menu - then left click on wifi router icon you see- you will notice a toggle bar that says- make your PC discoverable or not. Do the relevant change and proceed.

For some reason if this does not work, you will need to go to run window on your windows 10 system, type netplwiz there, check that you have chosen administrator there, steps in this explain guide on how to troubleshoot. Restart the system is it does not help.

3. Make changes in registry: You need to follow thiese steps .. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE –SOFTWARE – Microsoft –Windows NT – CurrentVersion –NetworkList – Profiles, makes changes in category between 0 and 1, relevant changes will be made in changing the current profile of network between private and public.

4. Local security policy: This method works on windows 10 pro version, follow this method if you are a professional user of windows 10.

While  explaining one method would have also been ok but i thought to share multiple methods, so if you get stuck somewhere you can switch and do the needful in switching between current profile by following other method.

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About the creator of this video:
Harish Bali- Myself - I love to learn about use of technology in day today life. I use this channel - Technofare as a means to share with others what ever i learn about technology.

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