If you don’t want or need to use the password to login, use the steps below to remove login password in Windows 11.
When you create a user account in Windows 11, you are prompted to add a password. Once set up, you need to type the password every time you want to log into your user account. As you can guess, a password protects your Windows 11 user account from unauthorized access. However, if it’s a family PC, you are the only one using your PC, or you just don’t want to bother typing a password or pin every time you want to use your computer, Windows 11 allows you to remove the account password.
So, without further ado, follow the step-by-step instructions to remove login password in Windows 11.
Important note: The steps below will only work for local user account. If you are using a Microsoft account to log into Windows 11, revert it to local user account and follow the below steps.
Steps to remove login password in Windows 11
Use the steps below to remove user account login password in Windows 11:
- Open the Windows 11 Settings app.
- Navigate to the Accounts tab on the sidebar.
- Click/tap on Sign-in options.
- Click/tap the Password option to expand it.
- Press the Change button under Password.
- Type your current password and press Next.
- Leave all fields blank and click/tap Next.
- Press the Finish button.
- Windows 11 login password is removed.
Let’s see these steps in detail with screenshots:
To remove the account login password, you need to open the Settings app. You can use the Windows key + I keyboard shortcut or select the “Settings” option from the power user menu (Windows key + X). Go to the Accounts tab on the sidebar of the Settings app.
On the Accounts page, click/tap on the Sign-in options under the Accounts Settings section on the right panel. Here, click on the “Password” option to expand the section. After that, press the “Change” button.
Now, type the current login password and press the “Next” button. If you don’t have the current account password, contact your system administrator or someone who manages your computer/account.
After that, leave all three fields blank and press the Next button. Typing nothing in the passwords and password hint fields is how you remove Windows 11 login password.
Press the Finish button.
That’s it. With that, you’ve completely removed the user account password. The next time you want to log into your user account, simply press the “Login” or “Sign-in” button on the lock screen.
Command to remove login password in Windows 11
To remove the login password using Command Prompt, use the below command:
- Press the Start key on your keyboard.
- Search for Command Prompt.
- Right-click on the Command Prompt result.
- Choose the Run as administrator option.
- Type net user “USERNAME” “” command while replacing USERNAME with the actual user to remove the login password.
That is it. It is that simple to remove login password in Windows 11. Whether you use the Settings app method or a command, all it takes it a couple of clicks. After removing the login password, you can may also consider enabling automatic login feature to further streamline the login experience.
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