Anyone in your home or office will have full access to everything on your computer after you remove your password, so doing so isn’t a very security conscious thing to do. However, if you have no concerns about others physically accessing whatever they want on your computer, removing your password shouldn’t be an issue for you and will certainly speed up your computer start time.
How to Remove Your Windows Password
You can delete your Windows account password from Settings or Control Panel, depending on which operating system you have. Follow the directions below for that method, or skip to the very bottom of this page for help deleting the Windows password from Command Prompt.
Deleting a Windows 11 Password
Deleting a Windows 10 or Windows 8 Password
Deleting a Windows 7, Vista, or XP Password
How to Remove the Windows Password With Command Prompt
The above instructions are the “proper” way to turn off the Windows password, but you can also use the net user command via Command Prompt. Open an elevated Command Prompt in any version of Windows (Windows 11 through XP), and type the following, replacing username (quotes are necessary if there are spaces) with the right one for your computer: After pressing Enter, you should see a success message. You can exit Command Prompt at that point.
