Find out your MAC address with Windows 10

Like all Internet-enabled devices, your Windows 10 PC also has a MAC address. MAC is the abbreviation for Media Access Control and refers to a twelve-digit number that uniquely identifies your PC on a network. How to find out the MAC address with Windows 10, we explain here.

This role plays the MAC address on the Windows PC

Every computer with Windows 10 as operating system, but also other Internet-enabled devices such as tablet or smartphone, has a MAC address. The Media Access Control address is unique for each device and is used to identify the device in the network. The MAC address is assigned directly by the manufacturer of the device and cannot be changed by the user himself.

With Windows 10: How to find out your MAC address

If you want to log into a secure network with your Windows 10 computer or configure a new network, you need the MAC address of your computer for this.

1. To find this on your Windows PC, first press the key combination of "Windows key" + "R" to open the Run dialog.
2. Then enter the command "cmd" there and confirm it with the "Enter" key.
3. Thereupon the prompt of the computer opens, in which you please enter "ipconfig/all" and press "Enter".
4. You will now be shown an overview with important information about your PC, in which you will find your MAC address in the second block next to the entry "Physical or Physical Address".