User Account Password - Remove

    User Account Password - Remove

    User Account Password - Remove

    How to Remove the Password for Your or Another User Account in Windows 7
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    How to Remove the Password for Your or Another User Account in Windows 7

       Information
    While it is strongly recommended to create a password for all user accounts on the computer to help prevent unauthorized access, sometimes you may just need to remove the password for a user account for whatever reason.

    This will show you how to remove the password for either your user account, or for another user account through the Control Panel in Windows 7 and Vista.
       Note
    If you remove the password of a user account that is set to be automatically logged on to at Windows 7 startup, then you will also need to change the password and leave it blank there for that user account.
       Warning
    If you remove the password for another user account (OPTION TWO below), the other user account will lose access to its EFS encrypted files, personal certificates, and stored passwords for websites or network resources.

    If the other user account doesn't have any of these, or doesn't mind losing them, then removing the password while logged in as an administrator is a fast and easy way to recover the other user account from say a forgotten password.





    OPTION ONE

    To Remove the Password of Your User Account in "User Accounts"


    1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click on User Accounts.

    2. Click on Remove your password. (see screenshots below)
    NOTE: You will notice that your user account currently has Password protected under the name to indicate that it has a password.
    User Account Password - Remove-current-1.jpg
    3. Type in your current password that you created previously and click on the Remove Password button. (see screenshots below)
    User Account Password - Remove-current-2a.jpg

    User Account Password - Remove-current-2b.jpg
    4. That's it. Close the User Accounts window. (see screenshot below)
    NOTE: You will notice that your user account no longer has Password protected under the name to indicate that the password has been removed.
    User Account Password - Remove-current-3.jpg



    OPTION TWO

    To Remove the Password of Another User Account in "User Accounts"


    NOTE: You must be logged in as administrator to be able to change another account's password.
    1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click on User Accounts.

    2. Click on Manage another account. (see screenshot below)
    User Account Password - Remove-other-1_uac.jpg
    3. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes (Windows 7) or Continue (Vista)

    4. Select the user account that you want to remove the password for. (see screenshot below)
    NOTE: You will notice that the user account currently has Password protected under the name to indicate that it has a password.
    User Account Password - Remove-other-2.jpg
    5. Click on Remove the password. (see screenshot below)
    User Account Password - Remove-other-3.jpg
    6. Click on the Remove Password button. (see screenshot below)
    User Account Password - Remove-other-4.jpg
    7. That's it. Close the Change an Account window. (see screenshot below)
    NOTE: You will notice that the user account no longer has Password protected under the name to indicate that the password has been removed.
    User Account Password - Remove-other-5.jpg



    OPTION THREE

    To Remove the Password of Any User Account in Command Prompt


    1. Open an elevated command prompt.

    2. In the elevated command prompt, type the command below and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
    NOTE: Substitute UserName in the command below with the actual user name of the user account on the computer that you want to remove the password for.
    net user UserName *


    For example: My user account's name is Brink, so I would type this below exactly and press Enter.

    net user Brink *


    User Account Password - Remove-cmd.jpg
    3. When prompted twice to enter a password, just press Enter twice to not enter a password. Doing this will remove the password instead of changing it. (see screenshot above)

    4. If sucessfully removed, then you can close the elevated command prompt.



    OPTION FOUR

    To Remove the Password of Any User Account in netplwiz


    NOTE: You must be logged in as administrator to be able to do this option.

    1. Press the Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog box, type netplwiz or control userpasswords2, and press Enter.

    2. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.

    3. Check the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer box, select a user account (New Name) that you want to remove the password for, and click on the Reset Password button. (see screenshot below)
    User Account Password - Remove-netplwiz-1.png
    4. Leave all password fields empty, and click on OK. (see screenshot below)
    User Account Password - Remove-netplwiz-2.png
    5. If you had Windows set to automatically sign in to a user account at startup, then you will need to set this again.
    6. When finished, click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below step 3)

    That's it,
    Shawn





  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
       #1

    netplwiz


    if you dont need to put a pass every time, but you want to be secured, use Win+R -> netplwiz command, its safer...
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 64-bit
       #2

    In the Windows 7 Pro versions I'm looking at, there are no "remove password" links or buttons to check or click on anywhere. What version has this "remove password" option?
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 71,989
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Hello StaticNAT, and welcome to Seven Forums. :)

    If you do not currently have a password for the account, then the "Remove password" option wouldn't be available.
      My Computer


 

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