In this article, we’ll take a look at various ways to remove a password from a local account in Windows 10

For security reasons, it is recommended to use a password for your account, but if for some reason you want to remove it, choose one of the methods listed in this manual and in a minute you will be able to log into the computer under your account without a password.

Remove your local account password in options.

1.Go to the Start Menu => open Settings.

2. In the window that opens, select “Accounts”.

3. On the left side, select “Login Options”, on the right side, under “Password”, left-click on “Change”.

4. Enter your password that you are currently using when logging into Windows and click Next.

5.Leave all fields blank and click Next.

6.Click “Finish” and close the preferences window. Now your local account without password.

Remove your local account password in ctrl + alt + del menu

1.Log into Windows using the local account with which you want to remove the password. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del keys on your keyboard.

2.Left-click on “Change Password”.

3.In the second line, enter the current password under which you log into Windows, leave the rest of the fields blank and press Enter.

4. Click “OK”. The password has been removed from this account.

Remove the password of any local user in Netplwiz.

1.You need to log into Windows with an account that has administrator rights. You should also be aware that if you delete the password of another account in this way, all EFS-encrypted files, personal certificates, saved passwords for websites and for network resources are lost. If you know the password for the account whose password you want to remove, it is better to use one of the methods above.

2.In the search bar or in the execute menu (execute is called by the Win + r keys) write the command Netplwiz and press Enter.

3. Under “Users of this computer”, select the account for which you want to remove the password and click “Change password”.

4. Leave the fields blank and click “OK”. In the next window, also click “OK”. The account selected in the previous paragraph will now be without a password.

Remove the password of any local user in “Local Users and Groups”.

1.You need to log into Windows under an account that has administrator rights. You should also be aware that if you delete the password of another account in this way, all EFS-encrypted files, personal certificates, saved passwords for websites and for network resources are lost. This method works only in Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise and Education. If you know the password for the account whose password you need to remove, it is better to use the first or second method, which are described at the beginning of the article.

2.In the search bar or in the execute menu (execute is called by the Win + r keys) write lusrmgr.msc and press Enter.

3.In the left column select “Users”, in the right column for the user who needs to remove the password, right-click and select “Set password” from the menu that opens.

4. Click Continue.

5. Leave the fields blank and click “OK”.

6. Click OK again and close the Local Users and Groups window.

Remove the password of any local user in the Control Panel.

1.You need to log into Windows under an account that has administrator rights. You should also be aware that if you delete the password of another account in this way, all EFS-encrypted files, personal certificates, saved passwords for websites and for network resources are lost. If you know the password for the account whose password you need to remove, it is better to use the first or second method, which are described at the beginning of the article.

2.Open the “Control Panel”: one of the ways – in the search bar or in the “Run” menu (run by pressing the Win + R keys) enter control and press the Enter key.

3. Go to “User Accounts”.

4. Open “Manage Another Account”.

5. Select the user account whose password you want to remove.

6. Left-click on “Change Password”.

7. Leave all lines blank and left-click on “Save Password”. All open windows can be closed.

Remove the password of any local user on the command line.

1.You need to log into Windows using an account that has administrator rights. You should also be aware that if you delete the password of another account in this way, all EFS-encrypted files, personal certificates, saved passwords for websites and for network resources are lost. If you know the password for the account whose password you want to remove, it is better to use the first or second method, which are described at the beginning of the article.

2.Open a command prompt as administrator: one way is to right-click on the Start menu and select Command Prompt (administrator) from the menu that opens.

3. Enter the command replacing the user (highlighted in red) with the one who needs to remove the password. In this example, we remove the password for the user Sa, which means that the command must be written as follows:

net user “Sa”“ ” and press Enter.

After the command completed successfully, close the command prompt.

That’s all for today, if you know other methods or there are additions – write comments! Good luck ?