Next, we will see how to hide the show password button in login screen of Windows 10 in an extremely simple and above all fast way.
The login screen is one of the things we see every day. As soon as we turn on our computer it is the first thing we see and generally there are no problems when entering our password.
Even if we make a mistake when we write it, we cross it out and repeat it. It is something extremely normal. However, when we are not alone for security reasons, the show password button can work against us.
For this reason it is better to disable it so that it does not appear on the login screen and that way no one has a chance to find out. This process is quite simple to perform.
Next, we will see how to do it in Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Enterprise. Since in these versions it is done differently. While in the first it is necessary to modify the Windows registry, in the second we can do it from the same system options.
What we need to warn you is that, as we will be tapping the Windows registry. Ideally, you should make a backup copy of it in case you make an erroneous change that could result in system errors.
Remove Show Password button in Windows 10 login
- For this, the first thing to do is to open the Windows registry. Click on start and then type » regedit »You can also press Win + R e regedit.
- Once the Windows registry is open, we will go to the left sidebar and navigate until we reach the following address: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Policies Microsoft Windows CredUI
- What you should do is locate the value DisablePasswordReveal in folder » Credit ". In case this value doesn't appear, what you need to do is create it.
- To create it, simply right-click on an empty space, then select » New value " And " QWORD 64 bit «.
- If you enter the value " 0 »The password button will be displayed. If instead you put the value " 1 »The button will disappear. After that you will simply have to accept.
- You will now need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect and as you can see, the password button will no longer appear on the login screen in Windows 10.
Remove the login button in Windows 10 Enterprise
In case you have the Enterprise version of Windows 10. You don't have to touch anything in the registry to be able to disable the button in question.
- For this we have to press the button " Windows »On our keyboard and then type" pedit.msc ". Now we will go up Computer Configuration> Administrative Templates> Windows Components> Credential User Interface.
- Here you have to double click on » Don't show password reveal button »And when a window opens you will see that you have some options. Among these you can see what he says " Disabled «.
- After selecting this option, what you need to do is restart your computer for the changes to take effect. This way the button to show the password will no longer be visible on the home screen.
In both cases it is possible to reactivate the button by changing the values, repeat the whole process and finally change the value. It's that easy.
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