Manage User on Windows by command in CMD

In this article I will share with you some very useful commands to manage user accounts on Windows operating systems (Local Acconut).

In fact, in the previous article, I have already guided quite a few commands, such as creating a Windows User, adding a Windows User to the Admin group, setting a password for Windows, or changing the Windows password . through the command line. CMD.

If you have never read that article, please read it again here. Surely that article will be very useful to you.

In this article, I will continue to share with you a few good and useful commands in CMD to manage User on Windows more effectively.

And I also want to write a separate article for you to follow and find more convenient.

Okay, let's get started…. Ah, but first, open a CMD as administrator first. Otherwise it won't be possible.

#first. Command checks to see how many Users on Windows

At the CMD window, enter the following command => and press Enter to execute the command.

net user

=> Now you can see a list of Users available on Windows appear. As shown below, there are 2 User that is Administrator and TIPSMAKE.

// Note: After waking up any of these commands, if the message 'The command completed successfully' appears, you have successfully executed the command.

#2. Command to create a new User on Windows

With the creation of more User, we have 2 options that are to create User with password, or create User without password.

+ Case 1: Create a new User without login password.

Use the following command => and press Enter to execute:

net user TIPSMAKE / add

Now you can check in the Manage Accounts section that a newly created account is TIPSMAKE.

+ Case 2: Create a new User with a login password. Use the following command => and press Enter.

1. Syntax: net user / add
2. Applying to the example we have the command: net user TIPSMAKE 123456 / add

# 3. Add password for User on Windows

Yes, in case 1 above I have just created a new User User and no login password.

So now I want to add a password to the newly created account, I will use the following command:

1. Syntax: net user 'password'
2. Applying to the example we have the command: net user TIPSMAKE 1234

# 4. Remove password or replace password for User by command in CMD

So a question posed with the case 2 above, that now I want to change the password for Windows User, what should I do?

Use the following command => and press Enter to execute:

1. Syntax: net user *
2. Applying to the example we have the command: net user TIPSMAKE *

Now enter the password you want to put into Type a password for the user, and re-enter the password in the line Retype the password .

// Note: Note that when entering a password, you will not see it appear anywhere because to ensure security, but just enter it, enter it correctly.

Manage User on Windows by command in CMD Picture 2

In case I want to remove the password of that User account, I will use the following command:

1. Syntax: net user ''
2. Applying to the example we have the command: net user TIPSMAKE ''

# 5. Add User to the Administrator Administrator group

In case you want to authorize this User as Administrator, run the following command:

1. Syntax: net localgroup administrators / add
2. In the example, we have the command: net localgroup administrators TIPSMAKE / add

# 6. Temporarily turn off the User account on Windows

1. Syntax: net user / active: no
2. Applying to the example we have the command: net user TIPSMAKE / active: no

On the contrary, to re-enable User, use the following command:

net user TIPSMAKE / active: yes

# 7. The command to delete a Local User account on Windows

If you do not want to use a certain User, and you want to delete them, do the following

1. Syntax: net user / del
2. Applying to the example we have the command: net user TIPSMAKE / del

#8. Delete all commands in the CMD window

Well, if your CMD window is having too many lines of command, you can clean them up with the following command:

cls

Manage User on Windows by command in CMD Picture 4

# 9. Epilogue

Okay, above are the most commonly used commands to manage users on Windows using the command CMD. In addition to the commands that I just shared above, if you know any other commands, do not hesitate to share them below for you to learn more.

Hope this article is useful to you, wish you success!

Micah Soto

Update 01 January 2021