How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac
Turning off password login on a Mac is a simple one or two-step process. In order to disable password login, simply access your System Preferences and make a few changes to your Users & Groups settings. If you have FileVault turned on, you...
Part 1 of 2:
Turning off FileVault
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Picture 1 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click the Apple icon. It's the Apple logo at the top left corner of the menu bar. -
Picture 2 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click System Preferences. -
Picture 3 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click the "Security & Privacy" icon. It looks like a house. -
Picture 4 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click FileVault. -
Picture 5 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click the padlock icon. It's at the bottom left corner of the window. -
Picture 6 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Type in your password. -
Picture 7 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click Unlock. -
Picture 8 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click Turn Off FileVault. -
Picture 9 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click Restart & Turn off Encryption. Your Mac will restart.
Part 2 of 2:
Disabling Automatic Login
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Picture 10 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click the Apple icon. It's the Apple logo at the top left corner of the menu bar. -
Picture 11 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click System Preferences. -
Picture 12 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click the "Users & Groups" icon. It looks like a person's silhouette. -
Picture 13 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click the padlock icon to login as administrator. It's at the bottom left corner of the window.- Type in your password.
- Click Unlock or press ↵ Enter.
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Picture 14 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click Login Options. It's at the bottom of the left pane. -
Picture 15 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click the "Automatic login" drop-down menu. -
Picture 16 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Click on a user account. -
Picture 17 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Type in the password. -
Picture 18 of How to Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Press ↵ Enter. This user account is now set up to login automatically without having to enter a password.- You might be asked to log in manually after logging out of the account, locking your screen, or switching from another user account.
Update 04 March 2020
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