
Step 5: Enter your new password, re-enter the password, and then enter a hint for your password if you wish to do so, and then click the Next button. Step 4: Click on the Password section, click the Add button to open the Create a password dialog. Step 2: Click Accounts (Your accounts, email, sync, work, family) and then click Sign-in options. Step 1: Open the Settings app either by clicking its icon on the Start menu or simultaneously pressing the Windows logo key, and I key on your keyboard. If you want to add a password to one of your local accounts, please refer to the instructions in Method 2 (scroll down to see). Note that this method can’t add passwords to accounts other than the account that you have signed-in.
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NOTE 3: You can add a password to a local account even if you have signed-in to your account using a Microsoft account (refer to Method 2 for instructions in this case), but you must have the admin rights on the PC.Īdd password to your local Windows 10 account via the Settings app Alternatively, you can use this free password recovery tool to reset or recover your password without booting into Windows 10. If the password is strong and not easy to remember, please create a password reset disk so that you can sign-in to Windows 10 even if you forget your account password. NOTE 2: Remembering a strong password is not an easy task, especially if you’re using unique passwords for all of your accounts. Please don’t use passwords to like 123, 12345, admin, and password as these are very commonly used passwords. NOTE 1: While creating a password, make sure that it includes at least one upper case letter, one lower case letter, a number, as well as a special character to make it secure.


Please note that standard account holders can’t add a password to their accounts, meaning only administrators can add a password to accounts.
