How to Bypass Administrator Password in Windows 10 or 11

Windows administrator password is an effective way that Microsoft provides to protect your computer from unauthorized access, but sometimes forgetting the password can bring you many troubles.

For example, you will be unable to complete operations that require administrator permissions like installing/updating/uninstalling some software or changing system settings. Even worse, if your administrator password is your computer login password, you will be locked out of the system after you've forgotten it.

But don’t worry, this article has collected five methods about how to bypass administrator password. Whether you are able to log in to your computer or not, you can find the corresponding solutions to it. Just read and follow.

How to bypass administrator password Windows 10 or 11

To help you better achieve Windows 10 bypass admin password, we’ll discuss it in two situations:

• If you have forgotten the password, please use AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional or Windows installation disk to bypass the Windows 10 /11 administrator password.
• If you know the old password, you can bypass the password using netplwiz, setup, or command prompt after logging in.

If you are unfamiliar with built-in tools, you can give priority to AOMEI Partition Assistant - which provides a password reset feature. This password removal tool is a simple, user-friendly solution that can save you time and effort to unlock Windows password.

Or, you can jump to the corresponding part to get past the administrator password based on your case.

Part 1. How to bypass admin password Windows 10 without logging in	Way 1. Bypass Windows 10 admin password with a password reset USB
	Way 2. Bypass Windows 10 admin password with Windows installation disk
Part 2. How to bypass admin password Windows 10 with logging in	Method 1. Use "netplwiz" to bypass administrator password
	Method 2. Bypass administrator password with "Ctrl + Alt + Del" key
	Method 3. Windows 10 bypass admin password with Command Prompt

Part 1. How to bypass admin password Windows 10 without logging in

When you forgot the administrator password and are rejected from outside the system, the following methods are workable and feasible. Both of them require you to prepare an empty USB. If you are ready, scroll down to begin Windows 10 bypass admin password.

♦ Way 1. Bypass Windows 10 admin password with a password reset USB

AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional is one of the most popular Windows password reset tools that can be used to remove or reset admin password on all versions of Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/Vista.

Also, it can be applied to deleting or changing password for local accounts. By using it, you can bypass your administrator password within a few steps and keep your data 100% safe.

Even if you are unable to log in to your computer, this program allows you to create a password reset disk on any running computer with a Windows system. Let's see how to bypass administrator password with this powerful software.

Step 1. Download AOMEI Partition Assistant on a running Windows computer and connect the prepared USB drive to it. Then, launch AOMEI software and click the “Tools” button at the top navigation bar and choose “Reset Windows Password”.

Step 2. Click "Next" to agree to create a WinPE bootable media.

Step 3. Then, choose the target USB drive and click "Proceed".

Step 4. Make sure you know your USB drive will be formatted during the process of creating the password reset USB. If you have no questions, click "Yes" to go on.

Step 5. When the password rest USB is created successfully, insert it into the Windows computer that you want to bypass administrator password from and change the boot order to make your PC boot from the USB.

Step 6. When booting into your PC, AOMEI Partition Assistant will open automatically. Click "Reset Password" again and select the target operating system. Then click "Next".

Step 7. Select the administrator account, click "Remove Account Password" and then click "Next".

Step 8. Then, you will be asked to confirm your operation, click "Yes" and "Confirm" to operate the task. After that, you can bypass your administrator password successfully.

♦ Way 2. Bypass Windows 10 admin password with Windows installation disk

To get past the password for the administrator account, you can also use the Windows installation disk. But it requires you to have some knowledge of command lines. Detailed steps are as follows:

Step 1. Boot your computer from this Windows installation media.

Step 2. When you see Windows 10 installation setup window, press the Shift + F10 keys to open Command Prompt.

Step 3. Enter the following commands:

D: (Replace the D letter with your actual system drive letter)
cd Windows\System32
ren sethc.exe sethc.exe.bak
copy cmd.exe sethc.exe

Step 4. Exit the Command Prompt window and restart your PC without inserting the installation disk.

Step 5. Press Shift key 5 times when you see the login screen. Then, Command Prompt will open with administrative rights.

Step 6. Type net user to list all the user accounts on your computer and then type net user username "" to remove the password for a specific account.

Step 7. Finally, you can access Windows 10 without an administrator password.

This method requires you to create a Windows installation disk in advance. If you are unfamiliar with the operation, it is recommended that you use AOMEI Partition Assistant to enjoy a one-stop service. This tool can quickly create a password reset disk and reset the Windows password without logging in.

Part 2. How to bypass admin password Windows 10 with logging in

All methods in this part can be completed in Windows without downloading any third-party software. The only thing you need to make sure is that you have normal access to your system as usual. 

Now, let's see how to bypass Windows 10 admin password without software.

▶ Method 1. Use "netplwiz" to bypass administrator password

Step 1. After logging into the system, press the "Windows + R" key to open Run dialog.

Step 2. Type "netplwiz" in the blank and press "Enter" to open User Accounts.

Step 3. Under the Users tab, uncheck the "Users must enter a username and password to use this computer" box and click on "Apply".

Step 4. Then, enter your current username and password to confirm it. After that, you will find you won't need to enter the password anymore.

▶ Method 2. Bypass administrator password with "Ctrl + Alt + Del" key

Step 1. When logging into the system with the current password, press the "Ctrl + Alt + Del" keys at the same time.

Step 2. Select "Change a password" on the new screen.

Step 3. Enter your old password, leave the "Current password" and "Confirm password" boxes empty, and press "Enter".

Step 4. Then, every time when you log in, you can get in without typing the password.

▶ Method 3. Windows 10 bypass admin password with Command Prompt

Step 1. Get into your computer normally.

Step 2. Type cmd on the search bar.

Step 3. Right-click Command Prompt from the list and select "Run as administrator".

Step 4. On the Command Prompt, type the command: net user and press "Enter" to list all the users account on your Windows system. Please remember the account name for the administrator.

Step 5. Then, input this command: net user [username]"" and press "Enter" to remove the password for the target account.

eg. net user cocosenor ""

Conclusion

Can we bypass admin password? Of course we can. This passage has covered five methods on how to bypass administrator password Windows 10 or 11. Among all the mentioned ways, AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional is not only the most effective but also the most applicable one too.

It is particularly used when you are locked out of the system, but it is also available when you are working on the PC normally. Asides from password reset and removal, it shows its versatile functions in other aspects like recovering lost files, moving programs, cloning disks, etc.