How to turn off Windows Firewall using Command Line

How to Disable Windows Firewall using CMD

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Objectives : After reading this article, you will be understand how you can disable or enable windows firewall using cmd.
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Introduction to Windows Firewall

Many times our requirement is to disable windows firewall using command prompt. Windows firewall is the built in application for Microsoft Windows and Workstation. Most of the time Windows computer have some other antivirus software which have their own firewall to protect system from other security threats. We must update this application according to Microsoft update to prevent our system from web attacks.

Also, we have different types of modes of firewall, in which the main one is operational mode, which must be enabled otherwise our firewall is disabled.

Show the status of Windows Firewall

There are some command which is used to check the status of the windows firewall. 

netsh firewall show opmode

Disable Windows Firewall Using Command Line

This is a useful command which is used to disable windows firewall.

netsh firewall set opmode disable

Enable Windows Firewall Using Command Line

This is a useful command which is used to enable windows firewall.

netsh firewall set opmode enable

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How to disable or enable windows firewall