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Want to reinstall your Wi-Fi driver on your Window 10 PC? If so, you’ve come to the right place! After reading this article, you should be able to reinstall your Wi-Fi driver easily and quickly!

If you’re having wireless performance or connectivity issues, it is a good choice to reinstall the driver for your wireless network adapter. By reinstalling your Wi-Fi driver, you can fix many unexpected network issues.

Follow these steps

Note: the screenshots below come from Windows 10, but the fixes also work on Windows 11, Windows 8 and Windows 7.

Step 1: Uninstall the driver for your wireless network adapter in Device Manager

You can uninstall the driver for your wireless network adapter in Device Manager. Here is how to do it:

On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and X at the same time. Then select Device Manager. You’ll be prompted for permission. Click Yes to open Device Manager.
In Device manager, right-click on the name of your wireless network adapter and select Uninstall device to uninstall the driver for your wireless network adapter.
Check the box next to Delete the driver software for this device and click Uninstall.

When it is finished, your wireless network adapter will disappear from the list of Network adapters.

Step 3: Reinstall the driver for your wireless network adapter

It is pretty easy to reinstall the driver for your wireless network adapter. Here is how to do it:

In Device Manager, select Network adapters. Then click Action.
Click Scan for hardware changes. Then Windows will detect the missing driver for your wireless network adapter and reinstall it automatically.
Double-click Network adapters. Normally, your wireless network adapter will reappear in the list, which suggests the driver for your wireless network adapter has been reinstalled.

Sometimes, reinstalling the driver for your wireless network adapter may not resolve the Wi-Fi connectivity issues. To fix these issues, you need to update the driver for your wireless network adapter.

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