--- title: Sudo for Windows | daily.dev description: Sudo for Windows is not yet available for Windows 10, but may be in the future. It can be enabled through the Settings menu, and offers three different... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sudo-for-windows-ygfdvp1vw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Sudo for Windows | daily.dev og:description: Sudo for Windows is not yet available for Windows 10, but may be in the future. It can be enabled through the Settings menu, and offers three different... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sudo-for-windows-ygfdvp1vw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ygfDVP1VW.png og:image:alt: Sudo for Windows og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Sudo for Windows **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 4 min read · 52 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Sudo for Windows is not yet available for Windows 10, but may be in the future. It can be enabled through the Settings menu, and offers three different configuration options. Users can prepend 'sudo' to a command to run it as an administrator. Security considerations include risks associated with the different configurations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@damienbutt** · 1 upvotes > I've had sudo on Windows for donkeys years. You can install it via Scoop. Either standalone or as part of the "UnixUtils" package. > > I'm not sure how the native one will differ compared to what I already have. **@earendil** · 1 upvotes > Unless you're part of and using the latest Insider Build of Windows, this article isn't for you. Atleast until it's released in the main version. Most of the features outlined here might change until then... ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/sudo-for-windows-ygfdvp1vw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Sudo for Windows","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/sudo-for-windows-ygfdvp1vw","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/sudo-for-windows-ygfdvp1vw"},"datePublished":"2024-05-23T17:01:58.734Z","dateModified":"2024-08-23T14:46:48.486Z","description":"Sudo for Windows is not yet available for Windows 10, but may be in the future. 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