How to hide personal information on Windows 10 login screen?

When you log on to a Windows 10 computer using a Microsoft account, on the Windows 10 login screen will display the name and email address of the latest login user. However, if you use a public computer, or when someone borrowed your computer for use, all your personal information, especially Microsoft accounts, will not be secured.

So how to hide personal information on the Windows 10 login screen? Please refer to the following article of Network Administrator.

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1. Hide personal information on the login screen by editing the Registry

Note : This method applies to Windows 10 Home version. With Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise versions you use Group Policy Editor.

First open the Registry Editor by opening Start and then typing regedit and pressing Enter.

On the Registry Editor interface, in the list of items on the left pane, navigate to the following key:

In the list of right pane items, find the dontdisplaylastusername value, then double click on that value.

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Set the value in the Value Data frame to 1 and then click OK .

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Next create a new value in the System key. In the list of left frame items, right-click the System folder icon and select New => DWORD (32-bit) .

Name this value as DontDisplayLockedUserID .

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Double-click the value DontDisplayLockedUserID that you just created and set the value in the Value Data frame to 3 .

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Click OK , exit Registry Editor and proceed to restart your computer to apply the changes.

From now on every login you will no longer see the user name or user image on the login screen anymore.

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If you want to display personal information on the login screen, follow the same steps. However, reset the dontdisplaylastusername value and DontDisplayLockedUserID to 0 .

2. Use the built-in Registry

If you are lazy to take steps to edit the Registry, you can use the built-in Registry.

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Download Logon Screen Personal Info Hack to your device and install it here.

After downloading the Logon Screen Personal Info Hack to the computer, proceed to extract the ZIP file.

When extracting Logon Screen Personal Info Hack, you will see 2 files:

Hide Personal Info at Logon.reg: Hide personal information on the login screen.

Show Personal Info at Logon.reg: Show personal information on the login screen.

Double-click on one of the 2 files you want to make the request, then follow the steps as instructed and restart your computer.

3. Hide personal information on the screen logged in with Local Group Policy Editor (Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise)

If you are using Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise, the easiest way to hide personal information on the login screen is to use Local Group Policy Editor.

First, open Start, then enter gpedit.msc in Search box and press Enter to open Local Group Policy Editor.

On the Local Group Policy Editor interface, in the list of left pane items, expand Computer Configuration => Windows Settings => Security Settings => Local Policies => Security Options.

In the list of right frame options, look for Interactive Logon: Display user information when the session is locked and double-click on that option.

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A drop-down menu will appear on the screen. In this menu, select Do not display user information and click OK .

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Next go back to the Local Group Policy Editor interface, find and double-click the Interactive logon option : Do not display the last user name.

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A new window appears, select Enable and then click OK .

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Exit Local Group Policy Editor and proceed to restart your computer.

If you want to display personal information on the login screen, perform the same steps and change the above 2 options again.

Refer to some of the following articles:

1. Instructions for completely removing Onedrive application on Windows 10

2. Trick to speed up Windows 10 computers

3. Trick to speed up Start Menu on Windows 10

Good luck!