Are you a single user of your Windows 11 PC? Do you want to remove the password of the Windows 11 PC? If both questions’ answers are yes, then this is the right post for you. In such a situation where you are the single user of your computer, and no one can access this physically, you can consider removing the password. You can also consider removing the password from a virtual Windows 11 if you are using it. Since to access the guest machine, one has first to gain access to the host computer, so you can keep secure your host machine user account and leave the guest machine user account password blank to sign in quickly.
It is possible to remove the password of a local user account that you create manually. However, till now, there is no way to remove the cloud user account password. Yes, you can do one thing, remove the cloud account from your computer and use only a local account.
There are several ways to remove a local user account password, but we will only guide you with simple methods.
How to Disable or Remove Password from Windows 11 Settings?
Through Windows 11 Settings app, you can quickly remove or disable passwords for a local user account. Here are the steps.
Step 1. First, sign in to your local account through which you want to remove the password.
Step 2. Next, open Windows 11 Settings.
Step 3. Then, select
Step 4. After that, click on the
Step 5. Now, click on the
Step 6. Here, click on the
Step 7. When you’re done, the change your password window will open. Here, enter your current account password in the provided box and then click the
Step 8. In the following window, leave all the fields blank and then click the
That’s it. The password is now removed from your account. To exit the window, click the
How to Remove Password with User Accounts Panel?
Perhaps, this is the easiest way to disable or remove the user account login password on Windows 11. To do that, you need to perform the following steps:-
Step 1. Open the Run dialog box by pressing
Step 2. In the Run dialog box, type the following and hit
control useraccounts2
or,
netplwiz
Step 3. In the User Accounts window, click on the user account you want to remove the password. Then click the button labeled with
Step 4. A new pop-up window will open. On the Reset Password window, click the
That’s it. Now, the selected user account password is removed. When you sign in with this account, Windows 11 will not prompt you for any password.
How to Disable Password Login for a Microsoft Account on Windows 11?
If you have set up your Windows 11 with a Microsoft account, you will not find any option to remove the password from your account as it is directly integrated with the online service. However, you can configure your machine to sign in automatically to give you the experience of an account without a password.
To turn off password login for a Microsoft account on Windows 11, use these steps:-
Step 1. Open the Run dialog box by pressing
Step 2. In the Run dialog box, type the following and hit
control useraccounts2
or,
netplwiz
Step 3. In the “User Accounts” window, select the user account under the “Users for this computer” section.
Step 4. Uncheck the “User must enter a user name and password to use this computer” checkbox.
Also Read: Fix the missing checkbox “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer” on Windows11.
Step 5. Click
Step 6. Click
Once you complete the above steps, the password from your Microsoft account will not be removed, but you can sign in on your Windows 11 automatically every time you start the device.
How to Remove Login Password using Command Prompt?
To remove the Windows 11 local user account password with Command Prompt, use these steps:-
Step 1. Open an elevated command prompt.
Step 2. Then, type the following and hit the
net user
Step 3. Note down the user account name.
Step 4. Type the following command to remove the account password and press the
net user USERNAME *
Note: In the above command, replace USERNAME with the account name you want to remove the password.
Step 5. Press
Once you complete the above steps, the password will be removed from your account.
Also Read:
How to Sign in to Windows 11 Automatically without a Password?