How to remove your windows password
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Not everyone likes having khổng lồ enter a password every time they need to sign in to lớn their computer. Windows lets you get rid of the password without too much hassle. Here’s how.
Why You Probably Shouldn’t vì chưng This
There are several caveats you should be aware of before you even consider using the techniques we cover in this article.
Removing the password from your computer can be a security risk. Anyone can access it by simply walking up khổng lồ it. However, people still need to lớn have physical access to vì chưng this. Having no password on a local trương mục doesn’t make you any more vulnerable khổng lồ remote intrusion.If you make an administrator trương mục have no password, malicious applications running on your PC could theoretically gain elevated access lớn Windows.If you have only one trương mục on your Windows PC, it’s a better idea to lớn set Windows up to lớn sign you in automatically instead of removing your password, but even that has its problems. We’ll show you how to vì it later in this article and chú ý the specific security risks it entails, as well.Yeah, that’s a lot of important caveats. The truth is, we generally recommend against using these techniques, even though, in certain circumstances, they might make sense. In the end, we’re writing about them because we’ve seen the advice passed around on other sites without noting the important risks it involves.
How to lớn Remove the Windows Password for a Local User Account
Open the Settings phầm mềm by clicking the Start menu & then the Settings cog.
Next, click on “Accounts.”
From the menu of settings on the left side, select “Sign-in Options” and then under the “Password” section on the right, click the “Change” button.
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To change your password, you must first confirm your current one, for security reasons. Once you have done that, click “Next.”
For the next section, because we don’t want lớn use a password to lớn sign in, leave all the fields blank và click “Next.” By not entering a password và leaving it blank, Windows replaces your current one with a blank one.
Finally, click “Finish.”
Alternatively, if you feel more comfortable in the command line, fire up an elevated Command Prompt và enter the following command, replacing username with the name of the user trương mục (be sure khổng lồ include the quotes in the command):
net user "username" ""
The next time you go lớn log in, all you have to bởi is click “Sign in” for the account you just changed.
How to Automatically Sign Into Windows
If you have only one user tài khoản on your PC, automatically signing in is the better option.
Note that there is a security risk with this method, too. First up, the same thing applies that we mentioned before: Anyone can walk up khổng lồ your PC and sign themselves in. What’s more, when you enable it Windows stores your tài khoản password on your PC where anyone with admin access can find it. Again, this isn’t too big a giảm giá if your PC is in a secure location accessible only by people you trust (like maybe in your home), but it’s not a good idea on a máy tính xách tay you carry around with you, and it’s certainly not a good idea if you use a Microsoft trương mục rather than a local one. We’ve got a full article detailing the risks with setting automatic login that you might want to read before enabling it.
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If you vì want khổng lồ have Windows automatically sign you in, it’s easy lớn set up.
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Run the command netplwiz from the Start menu or Command Prompt. In the User Accounts window that opens, untick the “Users must enter a user name & password to use this computer” checkbox and then click “OK.”
One last option has to lớn be turned off khổng lồ make sure you never have khổng lồ use a password to lớn sign in again. In the Settings app, head on over lớn Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options, và under “Require Sign-in” select “Never” from the drop-down list.
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Now, anytime you’ve been away from the computer & wake it back up, you won’t need to input any password to sign in khổng lồ your account.
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