How To: Disable Windows Firewall via Command Prompt – SecureAuth Support

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Overview

This article explains how to disable Windows Firewall from the command prompt. Disabling it from the Windows Firewall GUI does not always work, since the GUI reflects Group Policy settings pushed down from the domain controller — using the command prompt instead changes the local server's firewall settings directly.

Disable Windows Firewall via Command Prompt

Open Command Prompt as Administrator and run the following command to show the current state of each firewall profile:
netsh advfirewall show allprofiles

Command Prompt window showing the output of netsh advfirewall show allprofiles, with the Domain, Private, and Public Profile Settings each showing State: ON.

To turn off every profile at once, run:
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off

Command Prompt window showing the output of netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off, followed by netsh advfirewall show allprofiles confirming all three profiles now show State: OFF.

To view or turn off a single profile instead of all of them, specify that profile by name — for example, for the Public profile:
netsh advfirewall show public
netsh advfirewall set public state off

Command Prompt window showing netsh advfirewall set public state off, followed by netsh advfirewall show allprofiles confirming only the Public profile now shows State: OFF while Domain and Private remain ON.

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