Remove the password of another user account on Windows 7
Provided you are either an administrative user yourself ("Administrator Account"), or that you have one of the administrator's passwords, you have the ability to customize and edit security settings for other users on a Windows 7 computer. You can, for example, change the password of another user, or, as you'll learn in this tutorial, you can also delete and remove another user's password altogether. But, depending on a number of Windows 7 security settings and how you logon, that may not even be necessary.
Disable password protection of another Windows 7 user account
Follow these steps to remove password protection from another user's profile:
- Open the start menu, and type "remove password" inside the search field; and once the search results load, click on the "Create or remove your account password":
- By default, Windows 7 will open the Control Panel with the password settings loaded for your own user account (the one under which you are currently logged in). No worries, just click on the "Manage another account" as soon as that page has loaded.
Note that, depending on your account type (standard user or administrator), and on your current UAC prompt settings, you may need to enter an administrative password before being able to access that functionality - just click on the link and enter that password if needed. - The next screen displays all user accounts currently setup on your computer; click on the icon of the user profile whose password protection you want to turn off.
- Once Windows 7 has loaded that user account's screen, you will find a list of links on the left: click on the one labeled "Remove the password" to disable password protection for that user:
- The Control Panel will load a final confirmation screen (since the ideal scenario is to keep all user accounts password-protected, Windows 7 wants to avoid accidental password removals). To proceed and disable password protection, click on the "Remove Password" button:
As soon as you click, Windows 7 brings you back to the previous screen, and you will notice a difference in the links displayed: since the selected user no longer has password protection, a "Create a password" link shows instead of the two links you had before (to change or remove the current password).
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