How to Use Safe Mode to Password Reset on Windows 10

Have you ever encountered a situation where you are unable to log in to your Windows 10 computer due to a forgotten password? It can be frustrating and stressful, especially when you need to access important files or perform critical tasks. Fortunately, Windows 10 provides a built-in feature called Safe Mode that allows you to troubleshoot and reset your password.

In this article, we will guide you through the process of performing a password reset in Safe Mode on Windows 10.

How to access Safe Mode on Windows 10

Safe Mode is a diagnostic mode in Windows operating systems that starts your computer with minimal functionality. It is designed to help diagnose and fix issues with your computer, including problems with drivers, software conflicts, or malware infections. When you boot your computer in Safe Mode, only essential system processes and services are loaded, bypassing unnecessary software and drivers.

Step 1. Booting into the Advanced Startup Options

Press the Windows key and click on the Power icon located in the lower-right corner of the login screen. While holding the Shift key, click on Restart. This will restart your computer and bring up the Advanced Startup Options.

Step 2. In the Advanced Startup Options menu, click on Troubleshoot, and select Advanced options.

Step 3. Click on Startup Settings, and click on Restart.

Upon restart, you will see a list of startup settings. Press the F4 key to select Enable Safe Mode.

How to perform Safe Mode password reset on Windows 10

Now, we can use Safe Mode to password reset via various ways.

Method 1. Reset password by "Ctrl + Alt + Delete" keys

Step 1. Press "Ctrl + Alt + Delete" keys on your keyboard at the same time.

Step 2. Click on "Change a password".

Step 3. Type in Old password, type in new password and retype to confirm it.

Method 2. Reset password from Windows Settings

Step 1. Click on Windows logo key (or press Windows logo key on keyboard), click on your account, and then click on "Change account settings".

Step 2. Click on "Sign-in options" on the right panel, and then click on "Change" under Password on the left panel.

Step 3. Type the current password, and click on "Next".

Step 4. Enter new password and reenter it, type in the password hint and then click on "Next".

Method 3. Reset Windows 10 password in from Control Panel

Step 1. Press "Windows logo + R" keys on keyboard to open the run box.

Step 2. On the open box type: control, and press Enter or click on OK to open Control Panel.

Step 3. Go to: "User Accounts" > "Manage another account".

Step 4. Select your user account which needs to reset password.

Step 5. Click on "Change the password".

Step 6. Type in current password, new password, password hint, and then click on "Change password".

Method 4. Reset Windows 10 password from Command Prompt

Step 1. On the search box type: command prompt, and then click on "Run as administrator" on the right panel.

Step 2. On the Command Prompt window type: net username password, and then press Enter.

If you see the message saying "The command completed successfully", that means your password has been reset successfully.

Easily reset Windows 10 password without using Safe Mode

Another choice to quickly and easily reset Windows 10 password without the current password is to employ password reset tool. This kind of tool cancels complex and unnecessary steps, users can directly reset or remove the password on the target account.

We suggest that you utilize AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, a handy password reset application that is compatible with all editions of Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/Vista.

You may simply reset or erase your password by using the Windows password reset USB provided by this practical tool. Most significantly, this USB may be made on a different PC for your target Windows 10 machine, so you won't be unable to access the system. If you are Windows Server users, you can replace AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional with its Server edition.

Step 1. Prepare an empty USB and connect it to a running Windows 10 computer. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant. And click "Tools" > "Reset Windows Password" in the main interface.

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 and click "Proceed" to move on.

Step 4. Note that the USB flash drive will be formatted during the process. 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 your Windows 10 computer. Boot the PC from this USB, and you will see the interface of AOMEI Partition Assistant. Click "Reset Windows 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". Here we choose "Reset Account Password" as an example and click "Next".

Step 7. Type the new password and confirm it, then click "Yes". Then, you can log into your Windows 10 system with the new password.

To sum up

In this post, we show you different ways to use Safe Mode to password reset on Windows 10. You can select your best plan to change password. If you don’t want to use Safe Mode or all methods failed, then you can turn to AOMEI Partition Assistant to quickly solve your password problem.