- Methods to remove password from Windows 10
- Method 1: from the settings page
- Method 2: from the user accounts window
There are several methods to remove Windows 10 password. It is important to consider that having your user account in Windows 10 with a password generates greater security, since it prevents people from accessing your applications, files and documents unless you authorize them by providing them the key.
The protection you give your account through a password is not a decision that you should take lightly; in fact, it is recommended that the computer you use - be it recreational, educational or professional - be protected with a password.
Sometimes we are a bit lazy or we find it uncomfortable to set the password every time the computer is turned on, when we log in, when we need to install drivers from unknown sources or simply when we need to modify a folder on the local disk.
The only way you would be justified in leaving your computer without a password is if you plan to leave it at home and fully trust the people who live with you.
If you still want to remove the password from your computer, you have several methods to do it. We will explain them to you below:
Methods to remove password from Windows 10
Method 1: from the settings page
Despite being one of the longest methods, this is one of the simplest to eliminate the user password on our computer.
First we will go to the start menu and click on the system configuration. In the icon that is in the red box that we show below, in Windows 10 the system settings are represented with a gear icon.
Then the following window will appear, where we will observe all the options to configure and customize our computer and the way in which we see it. Here we go to "Accounts" and we click on it.
Once this is done, another window should be opened where we can view the account settings that exist on our computer. By default we should be selected in the left menu "Your information", which is a section that shows us the defined properties we have for the session we are working on.
In this window we must choose "Login Options", which is shown in the left menu. Doing so will load a set of options on the right side of the window regarding what we want to do, which is to remove the password.
Here we must look for the title "Password", and we click the "Change" button, which appears just below the text "Change the password of your account":
Clicking it should open a new window in which we will be asked to enter our current password. We place ourselves in the box provided for that and we write it; followed by this we click on «Next».
Clicking it should open a new window in which we will be asked to enter our current password. We place ourselves in the corresponding box and write it. Following this we click on «Next». A window will appear as follows:
Clicking it should open a new window where we will be asked to enter our current password. We write it in the corresponding box and click on «Next».
Here we must leave all the boxes blank and press next twice. In this way we have successfully removed the user's password, easily and simply.
Method 2: from the user accounts window
Windows has a tool that can be run directly from the Windows Cortana search bar by typing the netplwiz command.
Netplwiz is a new hidden command that was incorporated in Windows 10 and recent versions that allows users to access the existing account settings on the computer through the users window.
To start this method, the first thing we are going to do is go to the Start menu, type "netplwiz" from the Cortana search engine (without the quotes), and select "Run command".
The following window will open, where we will see all the users with an account on the computer.
To delete the password of any user, you just have to select it and uncheck the box that appears just above the list: "Users must enter their name and password to use the computer."
Once done, we apply the changes by clicking the "Apply" button and then we click the "OK" button to close the window. By doing this we will have successfully removed the password for the user we have selected.