How to Remove Password on Windows 11 Safely

Why Need to Remove Computer Password on Windows 11?

Password protection is one of the important Windows security features that help protect your data and privacy. Some users are used to setting a login password once they get their computer and then asking for it every time they start their computer.

However, for some users, especially those for whom data privacy is not the first thing they consider, having to enter a password every time you log in to your Windows 11 computer may be a bit redundant. As a result, many of them have the need to remove passwords on Windows 11. In this guide, you can learn about three ways to remove your login password on Windows 11.

3 Ways to Remove Login Password on Windows 11

If security is not a primary concern, Windows 11 has at least a few ways to remove account passwords for an automatic login experience. You can follow these steps to get this experience including using some Windows 11 password removal tools.

Way 1. Remove Password with User Accounts Panel

The Windows 11 setup using Microsoft accounts does not allow you to completely remove passwords because authentication is integrated with online services. However, configuring the device to automatically sign in provides you with a password-free account experience.

To remove the login password on Windows 11, use the following steps:

1. Click the Search button, type netplwiz, and click on the top result to open the User Accounts window.
2. Under the Users for this computer section, select the account whose password you want to remove. 3. Uncheck the box above that says Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer, then click OK at the bottom.

⚙️Tip: If the option is missing, go to Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options and turn off the “For improved security, only allow Windows Hello sign-in for Microsoft accounts on this device” option and reopen the netplwiz applet.

3. Enter your login details. You can enter a username or email ID in the Username section, and then enter a password in the following two sections. Finally, click OK at the bottom to save your changes.

4. Now, every time you restart your computer using the account you selected above, you will not need to enter your login details.

Way 2. Remove Password with Registry

You can also disable the login password from the registry. Making changes to the registry is a critical process, and you need to be extremely careful, as any mistake could render the system unusable. I recommend that you create a system backup before making changes. Follow the steps mentioned below without making any other changes to the registry.

1. Press Windows + R to open the Run dialogue. Type regedit and press Enter to open Registry Editor.
2. In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following path:

• Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

3. In the Winlogon folder, find the DefaultUserName string. If it is not there, right-click in the blank area. Hover the cursor over New and select String Value from the list of options. Name the string DefaultUserName.

4. Next, double-click on the string you just created, enter your Microsoft account username or email ID in the section under Value data, and click OK to delete password on Windows 11.

5. Now, create another string and rename it as DefaultPassword.

6. Double-click on the DefaultPassword string you just created, enter your Microsoft account password in the Value data section, and click OK at the bottom to save the changes.

7. Now, find the AutoAdminLogon string in the Winlogon folder. If you can't find it, create it like we did before. Now, double-click on the AutoAdminLogon string to change its value data.

8. Finally, under Value data, enter 1 in place of 0, click OK at the bottom to save the changes, and close the Registry Editor.

Way 3. Remove Computer Password by Local Account Settings

To completely remove account password on Windows 11, you will need to switch your Microsoft account to the local account type. The following are two scenarios to remove password on Windows 11.

#1. If You Are Not Logged in with A Local Account

To switch account types to remove Windows 11 password, use the following steps:

1. Press Windows + I to open Settings.
2. Click on Accounts -> Your info.
3. Under the Account settings section, click the Sign in with a local account instead option.

4. Click the Next button and confirm your current password. Then click the Next button and create a username for the account.
5. Use blanks in the New password and Confirm Password options to completely remove password on Windows 11.

6. Click the Next button. Click the Sign-out and finish button.

#2. If You Are Logged in with A Local Account

If the device already has a local account, to remove the password from the local account on Windows 11, use the following steps:

1. Open Settings. Click on Accounts -> Sign-in options tab.
2. Under the Ways to sign in section, select the Password option and click the Change button.

3. Confirm your current account password and click the Next button.
4. Use blanks in the New password and Confirm Password options to completely remove password on Windows 11 and click the Next button.
5. Finally, click the Finish button.

Easily Protect Your Privacy with Password-Encrypted Backups

We all know that the main reason for setting a password for your computer is to protect data privacy - to keep unauthorized people from accessing your computer. However, once you have removed the password from Windows 11 for convenience, anyone can view the data on your computer.

Fortunately, you can also secure your data with encrypted backups to protect the privacy of individuals or groups. For example, if you have encrypted backups of your company data, only people who know the password can recover the image files. You don't need to worry about confidential information being leaked out easily.

However, Microsoft's built-in backup and recovery tools do not support encrypted backups. If you want to add a password to your image files, you may need the help of a powerful backup program, namely AOMEI Backupper.

AOMEI Backupper is an all-in-one Windows backup and recovery software that provides rich features to protect your important data.

✰ It enables you to perform file backup, partition backup, disk backup, system backup and cloud backup according to your needs.
✰ It allows you to back up to different computer backup devices including internal/external hard drives, USB, NAS, cloud drives, etc.
✰ It comes with many useful options such as backup comments, email notifications and image compression.

Follow the steps below to use AOMEI Backupper Professional to encrypt your partition backups:

1. Launch AOMEI Backupper, navigate to Backup -> Partition Backup.

2. Click Add Partition or Volume to select the source data. Then add a destination as you like. 

3. To encrypt the backup with password, just click Options at the bottom, then Enable encryption for backups under General tab. When it's toggled on, you can type the password > confirm the password > click OK.

In addition to backup encryption, you can configure many other settings in Options. For example:

• Backup mode - The default intelligent backup will only backup used sectors to save storage space, while sector-by-sector backup will make an exact backup of all sectors.
• Compression - The higher the compression level is, the smaller the image file will be and the longer backup time it will take.
• Splitting - Split a large image file into multiple smaller image files in the process of backup. Comment backup - Write a comment for backup to make it easy to distinguish.

4. Confirm your operation and click Start Backup.

Final Words

After reading this article, you can learn about the three ways to remove password on Windows 11. Although it is less time-consuming to boot your computer after removing the password, it also leaves your data without privacy protection and anyone can access your computer data, including unauthorized users. For data that is important to you, it is recommended that you create an encrypted backup to double-protect it. 

The backup software provided in this article has many other useful features. You can use it to create a bootable media and when your computer crashes or has other system problems and does not boot properly, you can use this bootable tool to boot your computer successfully.