How to Reset Acer Laptop without Password

If you find yourself locked out of your Acer laptop due to a forgotten password, there's no need to fret. It's a common issue that many users face at some point. You can reset password if there are important files on that Acer laptop. Or, you can directly reset Acer laptop without password.

In this article, we'll provide you with clear and concise instructions on how to reset your Acer laptop without a password, regardless of the Windows operating system you're using.

2 ways to fix how to reset Acer laptop without password

In this part, you can see 2 ways for factory reset Acer laptop without password. You can choose a suitable one according to your case.

Solution 1. Factory reset Acer laptop with installation disk

In the event that you need to reset your Windows 10/8 Acer computer to its factory settings and don't have access to your password, there are a couple of options available to you. One method involves using a setup or repair disk to boot your PC and initiate the reset process. Alternatively, if you don't have such a disk, you can obtain a Windows ISO file and create an installation disk using either a USB or CD disc. This will allow you to reset your device without needing to enter your password.

Step 1. Insert the Windows installation USB into your Acer laptop and turn it on.

Step 2. Press the key that appears on the screen to access the boot menu. This key varies depending on your laptop model but is often F12 or ESC.

Step 3. Select the USB drive from the boot menu and press Enter.

Step 4. Wait for the Windows installation setup to load, and select your language preferences.

Step 5. Click "Repair your computer".

Step 6. Select "Troubleshoot".

Step 7. And then you can click on "Reset this PC".

Step 8. On the following screen, there are two options to choose, "Keep my files", and "Remove everything".

Select "Remove everything", this will help to remove your user account files and erase the user account password. If you select "Keep my files", it won't help to clear the forgotten password.

Step 9. Select which drive to clear, "Only the drive where Windows is installed", or "All drivers".

Step 10. On the following steps, there also are two options to choose from, select the appropriate one.

Select "Just remove my files", if you are keeping your PC.

Select "Full clean the drive", if you will recycle this PC.

Step 11. If you are sure to factory reset your PC, click on "Reset" button, this will start the resetting process.

Solution 2. Reset Acer laptop with “Alt + F10” keys.

If you don't have a setup or repair disc, you can press the "Alt + F10" keys to have a try on startup.

Step 1. Power off your Acer laptop. (Press and hold the power key for 5 seconds, this will power the system off completely.)

Step 2. Start your Acer laptop, press Alt and F10 keys at the same time when the Acer logo appears.

Then you’ll jump to the Troubleshoot screen as the solution 1.

Step 3. Select "Troubleshoot".

Step 4. And then you can click on "Reset this PC".

Step 5. On the following screen, there are two options to choose, "Keep my files", and "Remove everything".

Select "Remove everything", this will help to remove your user account files and erase the user account password.

After choosing the option, and you are ready to reset your Acer laptop, click on the "Restart" button to begin the resetting process. Wait for the resetting process, it will take for a while.

Further reading: Reset password on Acer laptop without factory reset

If you choose to factory reset Acer laptop just because you forgot the login password, there is a better solution for you.

On Windows PC, from Windows 8, users can log into the system with their Microsoft accounts. You just need to reset the Microsoft account password online when you forget the password. But, for local account users, this way isn’t available. If you don’t want to lose all data on your Acer laptop but your PC is locked with local account password, you can try AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, a disk and drive manager for Windows 11/10/8/8.1/7/XP/Vista computer.

Its “Reset Password” function can create a password reset/remove media on any running Windows PC, and you can use it to reset the Acer PC password easily.

Step 1. Prepare a USB and connect it to a running Windows computer. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant. In the taskbar, click "Tools"> "Reset Windows Password".

Step 2. In the pop-up window, click "Next" to begin to create a WinPE bootable media.

Step 3. Here we tick "USB Boot Device" and choose your prepared USB to create a bootable USB. Click "Proceed" to move on.

Step 4. Note that the USB flash drive needs to be formatted so you will lose all data on it. If there is important data on it, please make a backup and redo; if not, click "OK" to continue.

Step 5. When the bootable USB is created successfully, unplug it and connect it to the HP laptop. Boot the HP PC from this USB, and you will see AOMEI Partition Assistant on the screen. Click "Reset Password", select the Windows system you would like to operate, and click "Next".

Step 6. Then, select the account you would like to operate and select the feature you want to use: "Remove Account Password" or "Reset Account Password", and click "Next".

Step 7. If you decide to remove the password, just confirm your operation on the next screen. If you plan to reset password, type the new password twice and click "Yes" to start to reset your forgotten password.

Final lines

Now you know how to reset Acer laptop without password, and if you require to reset your computer just because you forget password, you can turn to AOMEI Partition Assistant to easily reset password without losing data.

Besides reset password, this handy tool can clone disk, test disk, convert disk to MBR/GPT without cleaning data, move installed apps to another location, and so on.