{"id":38167,"date":"2017-10-03T18:01:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T10:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=38167"},"modified":"2020-03-05T22:51:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:51:30","slug":"disable-windows-10-lockscreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/disable-windows-10-lockscreen\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Windows 10 Lock Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many ways to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/tools-to-customize-windows-10\/\">customize Windows 10<\/a>, one of which is to disable the lock screen. Though Windows 10 lock screen has some beautiful images, however, some people <strong>find it to be counter-productive<\/strong> and want to go right to the desktop as soon as they start your computer.<\/p>\n<p>In this post, I\u2019ll show you <strong>how to bypass the Lock Screen<\/strong> in Windows 10. However, in order to do so, you\u2019ll need to edit Windows\u2019 Registry. As such, if you\u2019ve never edited the Windows Registry before, I recommend that you <strong>make a backup before attempting to disable to lock screen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s dive in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/best-ways-access-windows-10-boot\/\">How to Access Windows 10 Boot Options Menu (6 Ways)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Access the Registry Editor by typing <strong>Regedit<\/strong> into the Search Bar\/Cortana.<\/li>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/disable-windows-10-lockscreen\/step01.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"774\" alt=\"step 01\"><\/figure>\n<li>In the Registry Editor\u2019s address bar, type in the following: <code>Computer\\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows<\/code>.<\/li>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/disable-windows-10-lockscreen\/step02.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"774\" alt=\"step 02\"><\/figure>\n<li>Once you\u2019re there, right click on a blank space and <strong>create a New Key<\/strong>. The key would be named \u201c<strong>Personalization<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/disable-windows-10-lockscreen\/step03.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"774\" alt=\"step 03\"><\/figure>\n<li>In this Key, <strong>create a new DWORD<\/strong> and call it \u201c<strong>NoLockScreen<\/strong>\u201c. Once done, set the value of NoLockScreen to \"<strong>1<\/strong>\".<\/li>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/disable-windows-10-lockscreen\/step04.jpg\" width=\"349\" height=\"218\" alt=\"step 04\"><\/figure>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once these are done, you can proceed to <strong>reboot your computer<\/strong> to test out the new settings. If done correctly, Windows 10 would automatically place you at the <strong>Login Screen upon reboot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve disable the need to input a password in order to access Windows 10, you\u2019ll be brought to the desktop immediately.<\/p>\n<p>In the event that you would like to <strong>have the lock screen back<\/strong>, all you have to do is access the \u201c<strong>NoLockScreen<\/strong>\u201d DWORD that you\u2019ve created and change the value to \"<strong>0<\/strong>\".<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/android-apps-customize-lockscreen\/\">5 Android Apps for Less Boring Lock Screens<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many ways to customize Windows 10, one of which is to disable the lock screen. Though Windows 10 lock screen has some beautiful images, however, some people find it to be counter-productive and want to go right to the desktop as soon as they start your computer. In this post, I\u2019ll show&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3397],"tags":[171,3557],"topic":[4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Disable Windows 10 Lock Screen - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are so many ways to customize Windows 10, one of which is to disable the lock screen. 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