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Turn Windows Features on or off on Windows 10

Over 30 optional features available in Windows 10

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Windows 10is a great operating system, but it also comes with several hiddenfeaturesthat you might not know about.

All thesefeaturesare listed in the Turn Windows features on or off section, and in today’s article, we’ll show you how you can enable or disable them.

How do I turn on or off optional Windows features?

You can easily configure optional Windows features from the Control Panel. From there, you can manually select which features you want to turn on or off.

  1. Press theWindows keyand typecontrol panelin the search box.

  2. Click on the first result to open Control Panel.

  3. Navigate toPrograms.

4.Now selectTurn Windows features on or off.

  1. A list of features will now appear.

6.Check the feature you want to install or uncheck the one you want to remove and clickOK.

  1. Restart your PC in order to apply the changes.

If you want to access thisfeaturequickly, you can use the following method:

Want to unlock secret Windows 10 features? Here’s how to do it like a pro!

What features are available to be installed?

There are about 30+ optional features available to be installed, but we’re going to focus on several most important ones.

These are some of the most notablefeaturesthat you can enable/disable, but there are a lot more available.

There you go, a quick and easy guide on how to use TurnWindowsFeatures on or off on your PC.

As you can see, most of thefeaturesavailable here are made for advanced users, and you most likely won’t have to enable or disable them on your own anytime soon.

We hope you found this article informative and that you now have a better understanding of optionalWindowsFeatures.

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Milan Stanojevic

Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.

Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.

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Milan Stanojevic

Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.