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Turn on or off Media Streaming in Windows 10

By Michael | Last Updated

Turning on media streaming enables you to send your music, videos and pictures to other devices and computers on your network, and also allows you to receive media data from other devices and computers. Consequently, the article illustrates how to turn media streaming on or off in Windows 10 computer.

Video guide on how to turn on or off media streaming in Windows 10:

Part 1: Turn on media streaming

Step 1: Access Control Panel.

Step 2: Type media in the top-right search box and open Media streaming options from the result.

open media streaming options

Step 3: Click Turn on media streaming.

click turn on media streaming

Part 2: Turn off media streaming

Step 1: In Control Panel, open Media streaming options by searching.

Step 2: Choose Block All and tap OK.

choose block all and tap ok

One more tip:

You can also locate the following path in the Control Panel and click Change advanced sharing settings in the left side.

Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center

change Advanced sharing settings

Then select Turn off network discovery, click on Save Changes. This method can also turn off media streaming.

turn off network discovery

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