How to disable Command Prompt in Windows 10 need to lock down or reopen access to Command Prompt on a Windows 10 device. Whether you're managing user restrictions or troubleshooting access, learning how to enable or disable command prompt is a quick way to secure your environment. We'll teach you just that in this video. Before we begin, be sure to subscribe to Ninja One's IT Video hub and our YouTube channel. For more tech content like this disabling command prompt, there are two ways to restrict end users from opening the command prompt console via the local group policy editor or via registry editor. Disabling via local group policy editor disabling via the local group policy is less risky, but it's only available for Windows Pro, enterprise and education additions. To use this method, follow these steps, press win plus R, enter GP edit dot msc in the dialogue box and tap okay. In the local group policy editor, navigate to user configuration administrative templates system. Find the prevent access to the command prompt policy. Double click it, then set it to enabled as an optional step. You can also enable the disable, the command prompt script processing policy to prevent users from running batch files to bypass the command prompt restriction disabling via registry editor. Using the registry editor is an available option for all Windows devices, but it is a risky method if executed poorly. If you choose to use this method, make sure to create a backup and restore point in case of problems. To disable command prompt via registry editor, press win plus R type reg edit and press enter. Navigate to H key current user software policies. Microsoft Windows. If no system key exists, right click windows, select new key, and name it system. If the system key exists, click system inside system. Right click and select new D Word 32 bit value. Name it. Disable CMD. Then double click. To set the value, type one to disable command, prompt and dot bat and dot CMD scripts. Type two to disable command prompt only. Finally, restart your device to apply changes. How to re command prompt. Enabling the command prompt is relatively simple. If you use the local group policy method, set the policy to not configured. If you use the registry editor, set disable CMD to zero or delete it. Whichever method you choose. The final step is to restart your device to apply changes. For more information, check out our official blog post on how to enable or disable command prompt in Windows 10 linked in the description below. Be sure to subscribe to Ninja One's IT Video hub and our YouTube channel for more tech content like this.