How do I turn off PIN login on Windows 11?

Anonymous
2022-01-17T18:14:45+00:00

When I go to the "remove pin", the button is grayed out. I contacted HP tech support & they said that's a software issue. I was able to turn it off in Win 10, but when I rec'd my new laptop that was supposed to have Win 10 installed, it turned out to be Win 11. Anyone have a fix?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accounts, profiles, and login

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-04-13T11:38:02+00:00

    I understand it's for the security reason and that the reasons are good. The last version of windows allowed you to make the choice of having the extra step or turning it off. I would just like to have that choice, and make the decision on my own.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-14T10:47:54+00:00

    Ok, not sure if you figured it out but I FINALLY did. We were in the right area. I went to "Account Settings" and chose "Make account local", entered my password, chose my local login name, entered nothing (blank) for password and it logged me out. Rebooted and vuala!

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-01-17T19:02:56+00:00

    Hi, I disabled the PIN login, but now it keeps asking for a password. I unchecked the box after doing the netplswiz command, but that did work to shut off password requirement.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-04-06T17:53:52+00:00

    The correct way is like this go to account>>your info>> login with local account

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-07-06T20:18:16+00:00

    Same issue - remove PIN is greyed out. This laptop is for my 85 year old almost blind mother who simply wants to play solitaire on the stupid thing. And she won't even be connected to the internet. She cannot see the keyboard in order to enter anything and can only barely see enough to click on the game on a giant screen. This is absolutely ridiculous.

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