Enable Telnet in Windows 11/10
To disable or enable the Telnet client on Windows 11/10/8/7 you can use the Command Prompt or Control Panel.
1] Enable Telnet via Control Panel
In case you want to enable it through Windows Explorer here are the steps:
Click on Start and under search type in appwiz.cplThen click Turn Windows feature on or off from the right-side panelThere look for Telnet Server and Telnet Client and click on that boxClick OK and reboot the system if prompted.
To disable Telnet, you have to uncheck Telnet Client, click OK and restart your system.
2] Enable Telnet using CMD
To enable Telnet through Command Prompt: Click on Start and under search type in CMD Right-click on CMD and click on Run as administrator Enter the Administrator password if it prompt Then type in the following command and hit Enter to enable the Telnet Client: We have used the pkgmgr /iu:”TelnetServer” command to enable the Telnet Server. To disable Telnet, you have to use: Take a look at some of these interesting Telnet tricks like watching Star Wars using Telnet in Windows. See this post if Telnet is not recognized as an internal or external command on Windows 11/10. Read: How to enable TFTP client on Windows 11/10.
