Uninstalling windows drivers

Once you uninstall the present wireless driver, your Wi-Fi adapter will stop working, so you cannot download the new driver unless you have an Ethernet connection. We repeat, make sure that you have downloaded the right wireless adapter driver. Step 4: In the Device Manager, right-click on the wireless adapter entry, and click Uninstall device option. In older versions of Windows 10 build , you will see only Uninstall instead of Uninstall device option. Step 5: When you see the following confirmation dialog, please click Uninstall button to uninstall the driver as well as the device.

Step 6: Once the driver is uninstalled, save your work, and restart your PC once. Please reboot your PC once to avoid driver issues later. Step 7: Launch the setup of the new driver that you downloaded previously as mentioned in Step 3 , and follow the on-screen directions to install the driver.

You can now click on the Wi-Fi or wireless icon on the taskbar to see all available wireless networks.

If the icon is missing, please refer to our fix to wireless icon missing from Windows 10 taskbar guide. Windows 10 users can often experience issues with connecting Bluetooth devices to their PC. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Hi Charlie. Then reinstall from the PC or device maker's Support Downloads web page the latest version of that driver.

You should also regularly check for newer to Update your drivers from the PC or motherboard maker's Support Downloads web page, using the full model number, Serial Number or Dell Service Tag on sticker. Compare the latest drivers available for download with the ones presently installed in Device Manager reached by right clicking the Start Menu. Windows Update will also update some drivers but this is not enough in Windows You need to make sure you don't have newer or better ones from the device manufacturer.

If the device is uninstalled before it is unplugged, the operating system may rediscover the device and give it new settings in the time between the uninstall and unplugging the device.

Select Add or remove programs. If the device or driver package that you wish to remove appears in the list of programs, select uninstall. If your device or driver package does not appear in the list, then the device can be uninstalled via Device Manager. If that device is the only device using the driver package, then the driver package can also be removed via Device Manager.

With some devices, if the device is still plugged in when it is uninstalled, the device might continue to function until the system has been restarted. For more information about uninstalling driver and driver packages, see How Devices and Driver Packages are Uninstalled.