If you recently installed Windows 11 on your computer, you might feel uncomfortable in finding the following options:-
- Lock
- Sign out
- Switch User
Lock: This feature allows users to lock their computers so that no unauthorized people can gain access to your PC. Windows will prompt for a password to enter into your PC when someone tries to enter into your computer. The Lock function is useful when you leave your PC for some time without closing your opened application. Just press
Sign out: This function is useful when you have finished your job and want to login into another user account on your PC. When you use the Sign out option, all your opened applications will be closed by Windows.
Switch User: This useful option allows you to login into another user account on your PC without actually closing opened applications or windows. That means one account will be inactive, and at the same time, another account will be active. This useful function is handy when you are using a shared computer. Without finishing and closing the running programs, you can still login into other user accounts. That means there is no need to Sign out or Log off to your current user account in which you are working.
This gearupwindows article will guide you with different ways to access Lock, Sign out, and Switch User options on Windows 11 PC.
Apart from the power button (Shut down, Restart and Sleep), Windows 11 also hosts Lock, Sign out and Switch User options. You don’t know where it exists; let me show you.
Step 1. Click on the
Step 2. On the bottom left of the Start menu, you will see the user icon; click on it to find the Lock and Sign out option. Just below the Sign out option, other user accounts of your PC will be visible. Clicking that, you can switch to another account on your PC.
How to access Switch user and Sign out option using Shut Down Windows dialog on Windows 11?
Step 1. Minimize all the opened windows or programs on your PC (use shortcut key
Step 2. Now, press
How to access Lock, Sign out and Switch User options on Windows 11 using Ctrl + Alt + Del shortcut?
- Lock
- Switch user
- Sign out
- Change a password
- Task Manager