5 Ways to Windows 8 Turn off Password

Can I disable login password Windows 8?

Windows users always specify a sign-in password for further protection. It might be irritating to have to write in your password every time you log in, but you can avoid this by deactivating the password. After starting your computer, Microsoft allows you to instantly log on to Windows 8/8.1. Disabling the password does not imply that the user login password is no longer used. It simply means you won't have to input your password every time you start or restart your computer. You will still need to enter your password if you sign out and come back in.

Although deactivating the password is a handy function, it is not advised for public computers.

How to turn off Windows 8 password after login

If you insist to look to make your Windows 8 automatically log on to your account when your computer starts or restarts, from here, this article will guide you through the process of disabling the password on Windows 8.1 or Windows 8.

Way 1. Disable password on Windows 8/8.1 with Netplwiz.exe

Step 1. Press "Windows + R" on the keyboard, type: netplwiz, and press Enter to open the User Accounts dialog.

Step 2. Select your user account, and uncheck the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" check box.

Step 3. Click on Apply, and then the Automatically sign-in window pops up. Enter your current password and click on OK.

Step 4. And then the next time you will bypass Windows 8/8.1 login screen, and log in to system automatically without asking password.

Way 2. Turn off Windows 8/8.1 password with shortcut key

Step 1. Log into Windows, press "Ctrl + Alt + Del", and select Change a Password.

Step 2. Type in the Old password, and leave the New password and Confirm password field blank. And then the password will be deleted from your account.

Way 3. Remove Windows 8/8.1 password with Command Prompt

Step 1. Get into the system with the user account that has administrator privilege. (If you forgot your own user account password, login with the other user account. Or sign in with the other sign-in options, such as PIN code, Picture password, and fingerprint)

Step 2. Go to Desktop, search CMD and choose Run as administrator.

Step 3. Type the command "net user UserName NewPassword" and press Enter to reset the password of the selected account.

eg. net user Ting abc

Step 3. Exit the command prompt window and finish the password reset on Windows 8.

How to disable Windows 8 password without login OS

Some users also have this problem: if they forgot Windows 8 password, how to bypass password on Windows 8? The solutions for this issue are to reset or remove Windows 8 without logging into the system. In this case, you’ll have 2 choices, using Windows 8 installation media or professional password software to fix the problem, otherwise, you’ll have to reset your Windows 8, which will cause data loss.

Method 1. Using Windows 8 installation media to remove password

Step 1. Insert your Windows 8 installation media into your computer and restart your computer.

Step 2. Boot your computer from the Windows 8 installation media by pressing the appropriate key to enter the Boot Menu. (The key varies depending on your computer model)

Step 3. Select your preferred language, keyboard settings, and other preferences to proceed with the installation process.

Step 4. Click "Next" and then select "Repair your computer." This will take you to the Advanced Startup Options menu.

Step 5. Click on "Troubleshoot," followed by "Advanced options," and then click on "Command Prompt."

Step 6. Type "C:" and press Enter to navigate to the C drive. Then type the following command and press Enter:

copy c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe c:

copy /y c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

Step 7. Type "exit" and press Enter. Then click on "Continue" to exit the command prompt and restart your computer.

Step 8. When you're back at the login screen, click on the "Ease of Access" icon in the lower right corner. This will open a Command Prompt window.

Step 9. Type "net user [username] *" and press Enter. Replace "[username]" with your username and leave the password field blank.

Method 2. Using password manager to remove Windows 8 password without login

As you can see, the method of using Windows installation media to turn off Windows password has complex and cumbersome steps. If you’re not sure that you can successfully use CMD lines, we suggest you choose AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, which is a powerful Windows password issue tool that can make a password reset/remove USB on any running Windows computer for your target PC.

The entire procedure is completely safe and will result in no data loss. Its user-friendly design and advice make password removal quite easy.

Step 1. Prepare an empty USB and connect it to another Windows computer that can run normally. 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. Tick "USB Boot Device" choose your prepared USB and then click "Proceed" to move on.

Step 4. USB flash drive will be formatted during the process. If you have no problem, click "OK" to continue.

Step 5. When the bootable USB is created successfully, unplug it and connect it to your Windows 8 computer.

Step 6. Change the boot order to boot your computer from this USB, and you will see the interface of AOMEI Partition Assistant pops out automatically. 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".

Since you want to remove Windows 8 password, the whole process will stop here. But if you wish to reset Windows 8 password, you can type a new password in the pop-out window.

Conclusion

To turn off Windows 8 password, we’ve shown how to fix it with or without login system. Hope you can fix the problem smoothly. If you inadvertently forgot your Windows 8 password, AOMEI Partition Assistant is your best solution. What’s more, if you lose data during any operation, this tool can also help you recover lost data.

By the way, this tool also has the Server Edition for home-office and small business users to easily manage their computers via many practical functions such as disk cloning, MBR/GPT conversion, OS migration, app mover…