How to use a PIN to log in in Windows 10

Instead of password protection on older versions of Windows, Windows 10 adds Windows Hello to help you protect Windows in many ways, such as fingerprint security, facial recognition, PIN, etc. Following instructions, TipsMake.com shared with readers how to use a PIN to log in on Windows 10. Please read along.

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1. Create a PIN on Windows 10

Basically, a PIN is similar to a password but logging in with a PIN is faster than logging in with a password because you only need to enter the correct PIN and the computer will log in itself without having to press Enter .

Step 1: Click on Start (1) => Settings (2) .

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Step 2: Next, select the Accounts section .

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Step 3: Go to Sign-in options (1) to create a password.

Note: To create a PIN, we must create a password for Windows first. If you've already created your password, you can skip this step and move on toStep 5. If you have not created a password, clickAdd (2) in thePasswordoption.

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Step 4: You set a new password (1) , re-enter the password (2) and set password suggestions (3) in case you forget your password. Then click Next (4) to go to the next step.

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Then click Finish to complete.

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Step 5: After having the password, proceed to set a PIN to login. To set a PIN, click the Add button in the Windows Hello PIN section .

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Step 6: Next, enter the Windows password (1) and click OK (2) to confirm the login.

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Step 7: By default, we can only create a pin code with a sequence of numeric characters. To improve the security of the pin code, check the box Include Include letters and symbols (1) . Next, enter the PIN in New PIN (2) and enter the PIN again in Confirm PIN (3) . Then click OK (4) to finish.

Note : The PIN will have the following requirements:

- Minimum length of 4 characters.

- Not longer than 127 characters.

- May include uppercase and lowercase letters.

- May include numbers.

- May include special characters.

- Can not set a simple sequence like 12345, 1111, . as a password.

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2. Delete the PIN on Windows 10

Removing PIN on Windows 10 is very simple, please do as follows:

Step 1 : Go to Start => Settings => Accounts . Next you go to Sign-in options (1) => Remove (2) under Windows Hello PIN .

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You continue to click Remove again.

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Step 2: Enter your Windows login password (1) and OK (2) to confirm it is complete.

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Signing in to Windows 10 with a PIN will be much faster and simpler. In addition to the PIN, we can use USB, images as the key to login Windows. Have a nice day!