Sign-in automatically to Windows 11 without password

If you are the only user on the system and want to sign-in automatically to your Windows 11, this article is for you. By default, when you start your Windows 11, you will see the login screen just after the boot screen. The login screen allows you to select a user account, in case if there are multiple users on the system. After selecting the user account, you should be able to use the sign-in option such as password, PIN or fingerprint/face to complete login. On a physically secured machine, if you’ve only your account and you don’t want to sign-in each time you start the system, you can enable auto-login. In this article, we will see how you can sign in automatically to Windows 11.

Here is the screenshot for login screen in Windows 11:

To enable auto-login for Windows 11, you can follow steps mentioned below.

Sign-in automatically to Windows 11 without password

Method 1: Using Registry

 Registry Disclaimer: The further steps will involve registry manipulation. Making mistakes while manipulating registry could affect your system adversely. So be careful while editing registry entries and create a System Restore point first.

1. Run regedit command to open Registry Editor.

2. In left pane of Registry Editor window, navigate to following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

3. In the right pane of Winlogon registry key, you’ll find the registry strings (REG_SZ) named DefaultUserName and DefaultPassword. Modify these strings by doing a double-click and set their Value data with your user account name and password, respectively. If you’re on Microsoft account, use the user account name Value data as Microsoft account/<your email ID>.

 Note: Make sure you use correct username and password in above entries.

4. Then at the same registry location, set AutoAdminLogon registry string to 1. Also, make sure DefaultDomainName registry string is set to the name of your system or domain name, and modify it only if required.

5. Close the Registry Editor and reboot. After restarting the system, you should be automatically login to your account.

Method 2: Using User Accounts window

You can follow this video guide with demonstration, if you’re not comfortable editing registry as described in Method 1.

That’s it!

Read next: How to switch to local account in Windows 11.