{"id":5656,"date":"2017-10-27T13:36:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T08:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=5656"},"modified":"2022-01-29T11:13:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T05:43:46","slug":"hide-neighborhood-wifi-ssid-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/hide-neighborhood-wifi-ssid-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Hide Wi-Fi Network (SSID) of your Neighbors on Your Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you click on the Wi-Fi icon in the Notification area, you&#8217;ll see the list of Wireless network broadcasts that are within your connection range. With high range routers available in the market, the Wi-Fi broadcast signals are powerful and cover a long range. If you&#8217;re an apartment dweller, you&#8217;ll see too many SSIDs from your neighbors, which are of absolutely no use to you. You can clear the clutter by hiding those unneeded Wi-Fi networks from the list.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wifi-ssid-hide-unwanted-3.png\" alt=\"list of ssid wi-fi networks\" width=\"705\" height=\"607\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How to Hide your Neighbors&#8217; WiFi Networks (SSID) on Your Computer?<\/h2>\n<p>Using the Netsh.exe console tool, you can hide your neighbors&#8217; Wi-Fi networks (SSIDs) from appearing on your computer&#8217;s available Wi-Fi networks list.<\/p>\n<p>You have two options to remove unwanted networks from appearing in the Wi-Fi tab:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Method 1: Block and hide individual SSIDs (or)<\/li>\n<li>Method 2: Block all SSIDs and then whitelist your own Wireless network(s).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Method 1: Block or Blacklist Unwanted Wi-Fi Network SSIDs<\/h3>\n<p>To hide the SSIDs <code>KUKUKEKE<\/code> and <code>Aathikesh<\/code> shown in the above screenshot, use the <strong>Netsh.exe<\/strong> command:<\/p>\n<p>Open an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/open-elevated-command-prompt-windows\/\">Admin Command Prompt<\/a> window and run these two commands:<\/p>\n<pre>netsh wlan add filter permission=block ssid=KUKUKEKE networktype=infrastructure\r\nnetsh wlan add filter permission=block ssid=Aathikesh networktype=infrastructure<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/hide-wifi-ssid-neighbourhood.png\" alt=\"netsh add filter permission block ssid\" width=\"702\" height=\"198\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This removes the two items from the list of available Wi-Fi connections.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wifi-ssid-hide-unwanted-2.png\" alt=\"list of ssid wi-fi networks\" width=\"700\" height=\"583\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you plan to delete the filters in order to show those Wireless networks in the list again, use this command to <strong>undo<\/strong> the filter:<\/p>\n<pre>netsh wlan delete filter permission=block ssid=KUKUKEKE networktype=infrastructure\r\nnetsh wlan delete filter permission=block ssid=Aathikesh networktype=infrastructure<\/pre>\n<h3>Method 2: Block All Wi-Fi Networks &amp; Allow (Whitelist) Your Wi-Fi Network(s)<\/h3>\n<p>By default, all Wi-Fi networks are allowed. You can configure Windows to block or deny all SSIDs (<code>permission=denyall<\/code>) so that none is displayed\/allowed to be connected. And then, whitelist individual SSIDs using the <code>permission=allow<\/code> parameter as mentioned below. The disallowed SSIDs don&#8217;t appear in the list of Wi-Fi networks in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the command-line to <strong>deny all Wi-Fi<\/strong> networks:<\/p>\n<pre>netsh wlan add filter permission=denyall networktype=infrastructure<\/pre>\n<p>At this point, your existing Wi-Fi network will disconnect and none will show up in the list. The Wi-Fi flyout in Windows 10 shows the message &#8220;<em><strong>No Wi-Fi networks found<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wifi-ssid-hide-unwanted-1.png\" alt=\"No Wi-Fi networks found\" width=\"702\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, add or whitelist your own Wi-Fi connection SSID (e.g. &#8220;Ramesh&#8221;), using this command:<\/p>\n<pre>netsh wlan add filter permission=allow ssid=Ramesh networktype=infrastructure<\/pre>\n<p>Likewise, you can add as many SSIDs to the &#8220;allow&#8221; list.<\/p>\n<p>If you plan to <strong>remove the &#8220;deny all&#8221; filter<\/strong> in the future, use this command-line:<\/p>\n<pre>netsh wlan delete filter permission=denyall networktype=infrastructure<\/pre>\n<p>Note that the filters are honored only by Windows. Third-party apps can see all Wi-Fi networks regardless of the Netsh filters. For example, here is a screenshot of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nirsoft.net\/utils\/wifi_information_view.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WifiInfoView<\/a>, a Wi-Fi network viewer software from Nirsoft.net.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5658\" style=\"width: 692px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wifi-ssid-neighbourhood-wifiinfoview.png\" alt=\"wifiinfoview list of ssids\" width=\"702\" height=\"274\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WifiInfoView utility: List of Wi-Fi networks and their details<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Hide your own SSID from neighbors<\/h3>\n<p>For security reasons, you may also want to hide your SSID from neighbors. You can do it in the router settings page.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5657\" style=\"width: 782px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/wifi-hide-your-ssid-broadcast.png\" alt=\"hide ssid in router settings\" width=\"792\" height=\"554\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Disable SSID broadcast in Router configuration page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you deselect the &#8220;Enable SSID Broadcast&#8221; checkbox, the wireless device will not broadcast its name (SSID) on the air. However, if someone knows the Wireless network name (SSID) and password already, they can still connect to your Wireless network. If you have the Wireless network credentials saved on your devices, then you may turn off SSID broadcast and switch it On only when needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you click on the Wi-Fi icon in the Notification area, you&#8217;ll see the list of Wireless network broadcasts that are within your connection range. With high range routers available in the market, the Wi-Fi broadcast signals are powerful and cover a long range. If you&#8217;re an apartment dweller, you&#8217;ll see too many SSIDs from &#8230; <a title=\"How to Hide Wi-Fi Network (SSID) of your Neighbors on Your Computer\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/hide-neighborhood-wifi-ssid-computer\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Hide Wi-Fi Network (SSID) of your Neighbors on Your Computer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[329],"class_list":["post-5656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utilities","category-windows","tag-netsh"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6716,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/no-wifi-ssid-access-points-found-by-windows-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":5656,"position":0},"title":"[Fix] Wi-Fi Networks (SSID) Not Visible in Windows 10\/11","author":"Ramesh","date":"November 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Your Windows 10 computer may not show available Wi-Fi Networks (No Wi-Fi Networks Found) sometimes after installing a feature update. 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