How to recover Windows 10 password
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The bad thing about passwords is that they are forgotten and cannot always be memorized by a password manager. But in many cases, they can be recovered, so if you have lost your password using Windows 10, today we want to tell you in this tutorial how to recover the Windows 10 password.
It is possible to recover your password or change it, since Microsoft has a tool that allows you to reset the password and thus recover the key to access Windows 10. If you do not know or use it or are completely unaware of it, here are the steps to follow.
How to recover Windows 10 password
To recover the Windows 10 password you have to follow these steps:
- Enter https://account.live.com/resetpassword.aspx. You will see the following image that says "Why can't you log in?" Choose "I forgot my password" and click next. Enter your account Microsoft to recover the password (you can also do it using the mobile number).
- Then it will tell you "we need to verify your identity", and it will ask you "how do you want to obtain your security code". You will receive a security code in the email / SMS account. Now you can indicate a new password for Windows 10 (you will need to have the minus 8 characters long, case sensitive).
If everything went well, you will be able to log in to your Windows 10 account with this new password that you just linked to your account. You can see that even if you forget your password again, you can recover it in this way. However, if you are more of images than numbers, do not forget that Windows 10 allows you to configure an image as an identification method.
We hope that now you have no doubts about how to recover the Windows 10 password. It is not impossible!! So if you lose it, do not worry, with this official method that we have talked about you will have recovered it in a matter of minutes.
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