▷ How to configure or remove pin windows 10

In this article we are going to see one of the security options that Windows implements. Let's see how we can configure or remove Windows 10 PIN. This function will allow us to replace our typical password with a code called PIN that will be somewhat faster to enter. Although if at the time they configured us one and we are tired of it, we can also eliminate it.

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The security measures implemented by Windows 10 allow us to securely access our user profile. However, many times we get tired of these methods since, if we are the only ones who touch our PC what interests us most is to eliminate any authentication method from our account to be able to access it instantly.

We will see all these options to meet your needs since you have entered our tutorial.

Set Windows 10 PIN

The first thing we are going to do is teach how to configure a PIN for our account in Windows 10. This PIN is valid for both local user accounts and Microsoft accounts. And the first thing we will need is to already have an access password configured for the account, otherwise we will not be able to configure the PIN.

Create password on a Windows 10 account

• We must enter " Start " and click on the cogwheel to enter Windows settings

• Within the configuration panel, click on the " Accounts " section. Within this, we are located on the " Login options " section.

• Click on the " Add " button in the " Password " section on the right side of the window

• We will only have to write a password that we want and click on " Next " After this click on " Finish "

Create PIN in Windows 10

We can now create a PIN for our user account:

• Just below the previous section we find the " PIN " section, click on " Add "

• We type the password that we have previously configured and click on " Accept "

• Now we put the PIN we want, we can enter only numbers, or letters and numbers. When we finish, click on " OK "

Now that we are logged in with our user account, it will ask for the PIN instead of the password. If we click on " Login Options " we can choose to enter the password or PIN

Remove PIN Windows 10

To remove Windows 10 PIN we will have to do a process similar to its creation.

• Press the key combination " Windows + I " to open the Windows configuration menu. Inside it, click on the option " Accounts "

• As before, we go to the " Login Options " section and locate the " PIN " section

• Click on the " Remove " button and again on " Remove " belowWe put the password of our account to validate the operation

With this, we will already have our PIN removed

Delete password in a Windows 10 account

If we also want to remove the password, we have it right above it.

• Click on the " Password " section in the " Change " button

• We write the password to continue the operation And now we must leave the password gaps empty on the next screen We do not just click on " Next "

So we will have our account free of password and PIN

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