Windows 10: Enable or Disable Password Expiration for Local Accounts in Windows 10

How to: Enable or Disable Password Expiration for Local Accounts in Windows 10

How to Enable or Disable Password Expiration for Local Accounts in Windows 10


Information Password expiration is a feature in Windows that forces a maximum (42 days by default) and minimum ( 0 days by default) password age has been reached.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable password expiration for specific local accounts in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable password expiration.



Note Microsoft accounts will not be affected by this password expiration feature.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Enable or Disable Password Expiration for Local Account(s) using Local Users and Groups
• Option Two: To Enable or Disable Password Expiration for Local Account(s) using Command Prompt

EXAMPLE: "Your password has expired and must be changed" at sign-in
















OPTION ONE [/i] To Enable or Disable Password Expiration for Local Account(s) using Local Users and Groups


Note Local Users and Groups is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option Two below.


1. Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type lusrmgr.msc into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Local Users and Groups.

2. Click/tap on Users in the left pane of Local Users and Groups. (see screenshot below step 3)

3. Right click or press and hold on the name (ex: "Brink2") of the local account you want, and click/tap on Properties. (see screenshot below)



4. Do step 5 (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you want to do.


5. To Enable Password Protection for Local Account
A) In the General tab, uncheck the Password never expires box, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)


Note Password never expires will be grayed out if the User must change password at next logon box is checked.


B) If you like, you can change the maximum and minimum password age for local accounts.

C) When finished, go to step 7 below.





6. To Disable Password Protection for Local Account


Note This is the default setting.


A) In the General tab, check the Password never expires box, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)


Note Password never expires will be grayed out if the User must change password at next logon box is checked.





7. Repeat step 3 above if you would like to enable or disable password expiration for another local account.

8. When finished, you can close Local Users and Groups if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] To Enable or Disable Password Expiration for Local Account(s) using Command Prompt
1. Open an elevated command prompt.

2. Do step 3 (enable) or step 4 (disable) below for what you want to do.


3. To Enable Password Protection for Local Account
A) Enter the command below into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

*Arrow wmic UserAccount where Name="user name" set PasswordExpires=True



Note Substitute user name in the command above with the actual user name of the local account you want to enable password expiration.


B) If you like, you can change the maximum and minimum password age for local accounts.

C) When finished, go to step 5 below.





4. To Disable Password Protection for Local Account(s)


Note This is the default setting.


A) Enter the command you want below into the elevated command prompt, press Enter, and go to step 5 below. (see screenshot below)

(Apply to all accounts)
*Arrow wmic UserAccount set PasswordExpires=False

OR

(Apply to specific local account)
*Arrow wmic UserAccount where Name="user name" set PasswordExpires=False



Note Substitute user name in the command above with the actual user name of the local account you want to disable password expiration.






5. When finished, you can close the elevated command prompt if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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Windows 10 Password Expiration - Enable or Disable

The procedure to disable password expiration listed in prior posts does not work in Windows 10.

The Local User Groups Manager reports:

"This snapin may not be used with this edition of Windows 10.

To manage user accounts for this computer, use the User

Accounts tool in the Control Panel"

But that Windows 10 Control Panel tool does not have an option to Disable the password expiration

I'm using Windows 10 Home - up to date of this post

 

Windows 10 Password Expiration - Enable or Disable

The password expiration is one of properties for user accounts on Windows. This property is disabled by default on Windows 10/8/7. If the password expiration is enabled, once the deadline is up, Windows will alert that your
password has expired and must be changed. You can fix this problem, click link to see the solution.

Here this guide will show you 2 ways to disable password expiration.

Option 1: disable password expiration in Local User and Group

Step 1: Open Local User and Group.

Press Win + R to open Run dialog, type in
lusrmgr.msc, then click OK.





Step 2: Click on User folder, double-click on a user account that you want to disable its password expiration.





Step 3: In Properties dialog, select the General tab, check the
Password never expires checkbox, then click Apply followed by
OK.





Option 2: disable password expiration in Command Prompt

Step 1: Open and run Command Prompt as an administrator.

To do: Press Windows logo key+ X, and hit A
key on keyboard.





Step 2: In the opening window, type in wmic UserAccount where Name='username' set PasswordExpires=False, and press
Enter key to execute this command.

Tip: Replace the username with your user name.

False = Disabled

True = Enabled





When it shows Property(s) update successful, the user’s password expiration is disabled.

Step 3: If you want to disable password expiration for all user accounts at once, type
wmic UserAccount set PasswordExpires=False, and press the
Enter key.





When finished, close the Command Prompt window.

 

Win 10 Pro

As a first step can you check what it shows under "Password never expires" in Local Users and Groups as shown in Option One Step 5 as displayed in this tutorial ?

Enable or Disable Password Expiration for Local Accounts in Windows 10 | Tutorials

If the Option "Password Never Expires" is already checked and you still got the message reminder, maybe someone more knowledgeable may be able to help.

 

Blank guest password has expired. How to change to a blank password?


You may also wish to edit the options on the User Manager so that Never Expires and user cannot change password is checked

*Arrow Enable or Disable Password Expiration for Local Accounts in Windows 10 User Accounts Tutorials





Also as you have Pro you can use the Group Policy editor to tailor the password options to your needs C:\Windows\System32\gpedit.msc

 

Local Account password changed to Online Account Password

Hi,

I suggest you to follow the steps on how to switch from Microsoft account to Local account:

• Click on search in taskbar and type account.
• Click on Accounts.
• Now, under Your account, click on Sign in with Local account instead.
• Enter your Microsoft account password for confirmation and then follow the screen instruction.
• Enter User name credentials for your the Local account and click OK.
• Now, login to Local account.

Hope it helps.