Turning off UAC on Windows 10/11

UAC (User Account Control) is a good function on Windows 10 and Windows 11. However, in some case, we still want to turn it on off.

So, how to turn off UAC function? Here are the ways to turn it off.

Method 1:

  1. Press “WIN” key, then type “UAC”.
  2. Select “Change User Account Control settings” and click to open “User Account Control Setting” window.
  3. Set the option to “Never notify”

Method 2:

  1. Press “WIN” key and enter “CMD”
  2. Locate “Command Prompt” and run as administrator
  3. Run the following command in the CMD window.
    • For disable UAC:
      reg.exe ADD HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
    • For enable UAC:
      reg.exe ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Now you can get a Windows computer without UAC.


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