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# Enable / Disable Windows Auto-Login

## This article describes necessary steps to enable or disable the automatic login process for a user account in Windows.


### **How to disable Windows auto-login**

1. Press **Windows Key+R**
2. Type “**netplwiz**“, then press Enter.

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1. In the “**User Accounts**” window, place a check next to (or, to disable, remove a check from) the “**Users must enter a username and password to use this computer**” checkbox, then click the "OK" button.

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2**. Restart** the system computer and the system will prompt you to enter your password at the login screen (or not, if you enabled it)

### Note:

In order to disable auto-login, the following must be true:

* Settings → Sign-in options → “Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart” has to be disabled.
* Windows Account has to have a password.