Telnet was developed in 1969 and offered a command line interface to communicate with a device as there were no browsers or graphical operating systems at the time. It is an application protocol used in the local area network or the Internet and allows you to connect to a different computer. In some situations, you still need to use Windows Telnet, for example, testing remote SQL connections and firewall connectivity. On most computers, it replaces with a more secure SSH protocol. Although Telnet is out of date, it is not dead and is still part of Windows 11. This risewindows article will guide you on installing Telnet on Windows 11.
How to Enable Telnet on Windows 11?
Step 1. Firstly, open the Control Panel.
Step 2. Then, click on
Step 3. After that, in the following window, click the link “Turn Windows features on or off.”
Step 4. Next, on the Windows Features pop-up window, select
Now that you open the Command Prompt window and on the prompt to access the Telnet, type
How to Install Telnet using Command Prompt?
If you prefer to use Command Prompt to install Telnet on a Windows 11 PC, do the following:-
Step 1. As usual, open Command Prompt with administrator privilege.
Step 2. Then, type the following and hit
dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient
How to Uninstall Telnet on Windows 11?
Step 1. Firstly, open the Control Panel.
Step 2. Now, click on
Step 3. Then, in the following window, click the link “Turn Windows features on or off.”
Step 4. After that, on the Windows Features pop-up window, deselect
The Telnet application will leave your PC in a few seconds.
That’s it for the article.
I hope this post will be informative to you.
Good luck & keep growing, guys.
