How to shut off the Hyper-V features on my Windows 11 Home edition PC

Question

I'm trying to disable the Hyper-V features on my PC, I have Windows 11 Home edition so the Hyper-V checkmark doesn't show when I go to the Windows Features window, however if open System Info I see it is running so I know its somewhere in the computer. How do I disable the features? I've tried commands in PowerShell but upon restart nothing changes.

Answer 1

In Windows 11 Home, the Hyper-V feature is not natively available through the "Windows Features" dialog, but it can still appear to be running due to certain dependencies or configurations, such as virtualization-related features.

You can try the following to disable it:

Open PowerShell with Administrator privileges by searching for "PowerShell" in the Start menu, right-clicking it, and selecting Run as Administrator.

Run the following commands to disable any Hyper-V and related components:

   dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V-All
   dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:VirtualMachinePlatform
   dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

Sometimes, even after disabling features, Hyper-V might still be enabled due to the boot configuration. To address this, use the following command:

   bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

After running these commands, restart your PC to ensure the changes take effect.

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Marcin

Answer 2

That list shows hardware features required for Hyper-V, not features of Hyper-V. Your BIOS/UEFI might allow you to turn some or all off. However, many have uses besides virtualization (DEP in particular), so maybe just leave them alone. This list does not show that Hyper-V is enabled.