How to Hide a Network Option on Lock Screen in Windows 10

Question

_{Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:18 PM | 1 vote}

I always lock my account when i'm away to prevent snooping my computer and use wifi but Recently when it's locked and using wifi , they turn airplane mode on on my lock screen. 

how can i prevent that?

or just hide network option on lock screen?

please help me.

my os is windows 10 enterprise.

All replies (7)

_{Monday, October 19, 2015 1:26 PM ✅Answered | 2 votes}

You can disable this via Group Policy.

Computer Configuration\Administration Templates\System\Logon
"Do not display network selection UI"
Enable

This policy setting allows you to control whether anyone can interact with available networks UI on the logon screen.
If you enable this policy setting, the PC´s network connectivity state cannot be changed without signing into Windows.

This will ensure that the network selection icon will not show at the lock screen.

_{Sunday, October 18, 2015 11:23 PM}

You may try to customize as per

http://www.howtogeek.com/134727/how-to-customize-the-lock-screen-on-windows-8/

S.Sengupta, Windows Experience MVP

_{Monday, October 19, 2015 8:23 AM}

Hi Hamidreza,

Do you mean when you lock your machine, the WIFI would change to airplane mode?

I didn't find any auto settings that would switch the WIFI into airplane mode.

Please check your power plans, also check into Device Manager and right click on your wireless adapter, on the power management tab, check to see if the allow system to turn off this device allowed, if yes, un-check it.

Regards

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_{Monday, October 19, 2015 12:15 PM}

Thank you for your advise but I meant that some body else had come to my Laptop and turn airplane mode on from lock screen. i wanna prevent that. how??? 

_{Monday, October 19, 2015 4:06 PM | 1 vote}

Thank You Very Much.

_{Sunday, February 18, 2018 10:03 PM}

Thanks for your answer.

Anyway to achieve this by changing the registry?
I have Windows Home, where Group Policy Editor is unavailable.

Shimmy

_{Sunday, February 18, 2018 10:26 PM}

OK I found my answer here.

If you need to change this setting using the registry set the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

To 1 (DWORD 32).

If it doesn't exist, add it manually.

Shimmy