How to Rename Network Adapter on Windows 11

After installing the latest version of Windows 11 on your PC, you might have seen your local ethernet internet named as an unknown network on your computer. This is very common with newly installed OS as they are not able to check the connected network adapter with the machine. However, if you need to change the name to a more suitable title, let’s say “Rahul’s Internet” or “Work internet” then you can easily rename the network adapter in Windows 11 with these few tricks.

Microsoft’s Windows 11 is out now with a lot of changes both in the system as well as the user interface. With the new implementation, you may not be able to find some settings to make any adjustments to your system. Especially when Microsoft is trying to promote its Windows Settings app against the control panel for the sake of UI consistency.

Similarly, many people want to change the name of the network adapter they use to connect to the internet. But they might be overhauled by the new theme and reworked settings application. So here, in this article, we are going to explain how you can rename your network adapter from the new Windows 11 settings app. We will also include some old-school methods just so you could refresh your memory.

How to rename network adapter on Windows 11

When you rename a network adapter in Windows, it will appear as your specified name in the windows notification tab. Moreover, all the network data will be stored by the particular name you set. Although Windows 11 have an inbuilt system that renames the card according to the use case. But in most cases, it renames them as unknown network” or “open network”, which is not ideal if you need a specific name. So here are few methods by which you can easily change this up.