How to Change a MAC Address on Windows 11 or 10?

What is the MAC Address on Windows?

A Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a hardware identifier that uniquely identifies each device on a network. Primarily, the manufacturer assigns it. They are often available on a device’s network interface controller (NIC) card.

By default, your computer has a MAC address assigned by the manufacturer, and there’s no way to change a MAC address physically once assigned. Unlike an IP address, a MAC address doesn’t change. However, you can spoof a new MAC address on Windows and broadcast it as your computer’s unique address and begin receiving packets with it.

So, changing your computer MAC address has some good reasons. Especially in a secured network environment, when your computer MAC address is misidentified as a threat, your computer may be denied access to any network resource. In this case, you can change the MAC address in Windows to something new and get network access again.

The risewindows post shows you how to change your MAC address on Windows 11 and not the physical address to your computer network adapter.

How to Change MAC address on Windows 11?

As mentioned above, you can change or spoof your computer MAC address on Windows 11 to get around issues. For that, perform the following steps:-

Step 1. Firstly, open the Settings app by pressing Windows + I keys.

Step 2. Select the System category in the left sidebar.

Step 3. Click About on the right pane of the screen.

Step 4. Then, select Device Manager.

Step 5. After that, the Device Manager window will open. Double-click on the Network adapters to expand.

Step 6. Next, right-click on the network adapter you want to change the MAC address. Then select Properties option.

Step 7. Then, on the Properties dialog, select the Advanced tab. Then, under the Property box, scroll down and select Locally Administered Address.

Step 8. After that, enter the 12-digit new alphabetical MAC address and click the OK button.

Quick Note: To restore the default MAC address, please repeat the above steps and select the Not Present option.

Step 9. Finally, restart your computer.

That’s it.

How to Change MAC address on Windows 10?

To change or alter the MAC address on Windows 10, use these steps:-

Step 1. Firstly, open the Settings app by pressing Windows + I keys.

Step 2. Click on the System category.

Step 3. Select About under “System.”

Step 4. Next, scroll down on the right pane and click the Device Manager link.

Step 5. After that, the Device Manager window will open. Double-click on the Network adapters tree to expand it.

Step 6. Now, right-click on the network adapter you want to change the MAC address and select the Properties option in the menu.

Step 7. Then, on the Properties dialog, switch to the Advanced tab. Then, under the Property box, scroll down and select Locally Administered Address.

Step 8. Next, enter the 12-digit new alphabetical MAC address and then click the OK button.

Quick Note: To restore the default MAC address, please repeat the above steps and select the Not Present option.

Step 9. Lastly, reboot your computer to apply the changes.

That’s it for the article.

I hope you will understand this post and solve your queries.

Good luck, guys.