How To Fix No Wifi Networks Found In Windows 11 (Full Guide 2026), by GUMY Art on YouTube. 3 min 9 s.
- Video length
- 3 min 9 s
- Time to do it
- 15 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 9
What you need
Steps
Click the network icon in the taskbar. Make sure the Wi-Fi tile is blue, not grey, and that Airplane mode is switched off.
On a laptop, look for a physical wireless switch on the side or a Fn key with an antenna icon. Press it to turn the radio back on.
Restart your router. Unplug its power for 30 seconds, plug it back in and wait two minutes for the network to come back.
Open Settings, then System, Troubleshoot, Other troubleshooters. Run Network and Internet and apply any fix it suggests.
Press Windows + R, type services.msc and press Enter. Find WLAN AutoConfig, set Startup type to Automatic, then click Start.
Right-click Start and open Device Manager. Expand Network adapters, right-click your wireless adapter and choose Enable device if it is disabled.
Still nothing? Right-click the adapter, choose Uninstall device and tick Delete the driver software. Restart and Windows reinstalls it automatically.
If that fails, download the latest Wi-Fi driver from your laptop maker's site on another device, copy it over by USB and install it.
As a last resort, go to Settings, Network and internet, Advanced network settings, Network reset, then Reset now. Your PC restarts.
Tips and common mistakes
Network reset wipes saved Wi-Fi passwords and VPN profiles, so write them down before you click Reset now.
If phones can see the network but your PC cannot, the fault is on the PC, not the router.
A 5 GHz-only network may not appear on older adapters, so try the 2.4 GHz band instead.
Some VPN and antivirus tools install filter drivers that hide networks, so test with them paused.
Questions
Why does my Windows 11 laptop find no Wi-Fi networks at all?
Usually the adapter is disabled, the WLAN AutoConfig service is stopped or the driver has crashed. Check the adapter, then the service, then the driver, in that order.
Will a network reset remove my saved Wi-Fi passwords?
Yes. Network reset clears saved networks, VPN profiles and custom DNS settings, so note your Wi-Fi password before running it.
How do I know if my Wi-Fi card is broken?
If Device Manager shows a warning triangle, or the adapter vanishes after a driver reinstall, the card or antenna may be faulty. A cheap USB Wi-Fi adapter is a quick test.
This guide was drafted from the video's details and general task knowledge. It has not been checked against the full video. Check the video and relevant product instructions before following a procedure. Report a correction.
