Remove Windows 10 pin: simple instructions!

Protecting a computer with a password is often enough a sensible thing to do. But actually not always necessary. Protecting your own PC at home with a password is not absolutely necessary if you are the only one using it – or if the device is shared anyway The latest operating system from Microsoft, Windows 10, allows its users to set a pin consisting of a combination of numbers instead of a password. In our tutorial, we show how to deactivate the pin and instead use a password or even do without the login altogether.

Deactivating the Windows 10 pin

To deactivate the Windows pin, open the system settings with the key combination „Windows+I“. Select the „Accounts“ menu and switch to the „Login options“ tab on the left-hand side

Under „Login Options“ click on the button „Windows Hello PIN.„In the button box that now opens, next click the „Remove.“ button Windows 10 now displays a notice that it is easier to log in with a pin and that without a pin the face and fingerprint recognition no longer works. A second click on „Remove“ removes the pin.

If you often take your laptop to appointments or to work, or if you live in a household where not everyone should have access to your desktop PC, you should choose a different password protection for your end device.

Deactivating the login for reactivations

If you only want to switch off the login information when you reactivate your computer, you can do this in the system settings. To do this, call up the control panel with the key combination „Windows+I“. As before, go to „Accounts“ and open the „Login Options “ window Select the option „ Never“ under „ Logon required „.

Disable the login for Windows 10

If youdon ‚t need or want a password for your computer at all, you can also deactivate it completely – although this is a bit more complicated. To deactivate the login, first open the „Run “ window with the key combination „ Windows+R “ and enter the command “ netplwiz“. Then confirm your entry with the Enter key. This command opens the „User Accounts “ window Here, under the tab „Users „, you will find the field „Users must enter user name and password“ Remove the tick here by clicking on the square field to the left of it and confirm with „OK“ After clicking on „Ok“, a new window should open. Here you type your own password into thefields provided for confirmation and confirm again with „Ok.“

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