Sign in to Windows 10 Without Password: A Step-by-Step Guide

When you forgot the sign in password of Windows, it means you will lose the control of the PC. Fortunately, you can refer to this post to find how to sign in to Windows 10 without password.

Posted by @Dervish July 24, 2024 Updated By @Dervish May 12, 2023

About sign in to Windows 10 without password

Passwords have long been the primary method of securing our accounts and devices. However, forgetting Windows 10 login passwords has also become a challenge for many users. It can happen for a variety of reasons, such as infrequent computer use, complex passwords, or multiple passwords that rely on different accounts. Whatever the reason, being locked out of Windows 10 can be a frustrating and time-consuming situation.

However, there are effective solutions that allow you to regain access without a password. In this comprehensive guide, we'll take you through some reliable methods that utilize the Command Prompt and a professional Windows 10 password reset tool. By following the step-by-step instructions outlined below, you can quickly and easily log in to your Windows 10 system without a password, specifically addressing the issue of users forgetting their login password.

Password reset tool: Sign in to Windows 10 without password 

AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional is a full-featured partition management software that offers a series of powerful features, including a very useful "Password Reset" feature. It is definitely your first choice when you forget your login password and cannot unlock Windows.

This feature allows you to create a bootable USB to remove or reset passwords associated with user accounts on Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP. Unlike Password Reset Disk, it ensures that users can still log in to their Windows PC and access their important files and applications, even when they haven't created them in advance. This not only allows users to quickly and easily regain access to their PC, but also this reduces the stress and inconvenience of being locked out and does not harm data.

Here is the demo version, please follow these instructions carefully to see how to sign in without a password on Windows 10.

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Prepare a USB drive and install AOMEI Partition Assistant on a PC where you can log in.
If you want to bypass Windows Server password, you need to switch to Server Edition.

Step 1. First, plug the USB into the PC. Then, run AOMEI Partition Assistant and click “Reset Windows Password”.

Step 2. Read the prompt and click “Next”.

Step 3. Click “Yes” to create a bootable USB.

Step 4. After that, plug the USB into the PC on which you want to recover the password. Restart it and turn to BIOS settings, change boot order to make the PC boot from bootable USB.

Step 5. Wait a moment, the client of AOMEI Partition Assistant will appear. Click the "Reset Windows Password" and select the system version.

Step 6. Here, select the account and chose the feature you want to use.

Step 7. To reset the password, type in the new password and password hint. If you do not want to type in a password when log in, leave both fields blank and click "Yes".

How to sign in to Windows 10 without password by Command Prompt

Besides AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, this article also provides you with another method. For those who do not want to use a third-party tool, you can resort to Command Prompt, a command line based utility that is very widely used.

However, please note that using this method requires you to be familiar with the command line, otherwise you may lose your data by running some wrong commands. How to sign in to Windows 10 without password by using CMD? Please refer to the following steps:

Step 1. Click the Restart button from the login screen while pressing the Shift key at the same time

Step 2. From Choose an option window, choose Troubleshoot.

Step 3. Select Advanced Options and Startup Settings.

Step 4. Boot your computer in Safe mode according to the prompt key with Command Prompt.

Step 5. Here, type net user username “” and press Enter. Replace username with your actual Windows account name. This will reset your Windows 10 password to blank.

Step 6. Finally, close the Command Prompt window and click Sign in on the login screen to log in to Windows 10 without a password.

Conclusion

From what has been discussed above, this post provides 2 options for you to sign in to Windows 10 without password. One is for newbies who don't have basic computer skills, and the other is for users who have some knowledge of computers. You can choose the method that works best for you.

It is worth mentioning that AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional has other advanced features are waiting for you to unlock, such as, allocating free space to another drive, hard disk data recovery, migrate OS, cloning disk to a new disk without reinstalling, etc.