Over time, you may have made several changes to the Windows Firewall settings. After a period of time, the firewall settings can look messed up, and you have no clue how to manage them. In such a situation, you can reset the Firewall Settings. Here are various ways to reset firewall settings on Windows 11.
1. Reset Windows Firewall Settings to Default
We will use the Windows Firewall’s settings page to reset the Firewall rules.
1. Open Control Panel from the Windows Search.
2. Click System and Security.
3. Click on Windows Defender Firewall.
4. Click on the Restore defaults link.
5. Click on Restore Defaults.
2. Reset Firewall Settings from the Command Prompt
We will use Windows 11’s Command Prompt utility to reset the firewall rules.
1. Open the Windows 11 search and type in Control Panel. Right-click on the Control Panel and select Run as Administrator.
2. In the Command Prompt window, type in the command:
netsh advfirewall reset
3. After executing the command, you will see an Ok message. This is the success message.
3. Reset Windows Firewall Settings using PowerShell
If the command prompt method fails, you can try PowerShell.
- Click on Windows Search and type PowerShell.
- Right-click on PowerShell and select Run as administrator.
- Copy & paste the command into PowerShell and press Enter.
(New-Object -ComObject HNetCfg.FwPolicy2).RestoreLocalFirewallDefaults()
4. Restore Windows Firewall to Default via Windows Security
You can even rely on the Windows Security app to restore the Windows Firewall settings.
1. Open Windows Security from the Windows Search.
2. Click on Firewall & network protection.
3. Click the Restore firewalls to default link.
4. Click on Restore Defaults.
5. Reset Firewall Settings in Windows 11 Using the Advanced Security Tool
There’s another way to reset firewall settings on Windows 11 computers.
1. Press the Windows Key + R. On the RUN dialog box, type wf.msc and press Enter.
2. The RUN command will open Windows Defender Firewall with the Advanced Security tool.
3. Right-click on the Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security on the Local computer and select Restore Default Policy.
Restoring the default settings of Windows Firewall is easy, but it will remove all Windows Firewall settings you have configured.
