How to Reset Your Windows PIN [Tutorial]

How to Reset Your Windows PIN [Tutorial]

A good password or PIN can be difficult to remember. If you forgot or lost your Windows login PIN, you won’t be able to retrieve it, but you can change it. Here’s how.

Assuming you’ve already added a PIN to your Microsoft account, that PIN will make logging into devices much faster. If you’ve been locked out of your Windows PC for any reason, start by going to the login screen and clicking the “I Forgot My PIN” link.

In this tutorial we'll show you how to perform a password reset in Windows 10. Forgetting your Windows 10 password can be a frustrating affair, but it doesn’t have to be the end of the line for your user account.

There are a lot of ways to reset your password in Windows 10, all of which can help you get your account back.

The method you use will depend on whether your account is simply a local account or one connected to your Microsoft account, and whether you use a password or PIN to sign in. Regardless, you have plenty of options at your disposal, so there’s no need to panic if you get locked out.

I forgot my Windows 10 PIN which I set few hour back. Now the question is how to reset the PIN of a Windows 10 laptop? The only way to setup your PIN again is to reset it. If you use Windows PIN to access games, social networking etc… then you will need to log in from scratch in each of those placed after you reset your Windows 10 PIN. You can get more details about Windows 10 PIN in the post “What is Windows 10 PIN and How to Set PIN for Windows 10″. Once you forget or lost Windows 10 PIN then you may have to login to your Windows 10 machine with Microsoft account password option as highlighted in the following picture. By default Windows 10 doesn’t provide you the following screen, you need to press on Sign-in Options to get this screen.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).

[jaysun]

None of these option are available under windows hello pin after clicking i forgot my password nothing happens

[TristanC]

hey so when i go to sign in options it dose not let me click it and crashes my settings do u know a fix for this? Thank your for your time.

[MakinItReal]

What if I'm locked out? Because my computer's says it is required to type in a pin. But I can't remember what my pin was.

[AgustinCortes]

Whenever I hit I forgot it and then sign in to my account after the text message confirmation, it prompts me to
"Make sure it's you" by asking me what my pin is :/

[AubreeKelly]

How am I supposed to verify my account pin IF I FORGOT IT

[CalebBryant-clhs]

Mine asked for the pin which I'm trying to change so I don't know it somebody help I'm bout to cry I've been doing this for hours

[blueboyninja]

Could you make a tutorial for mobile devices?

[realgoldeneditz]

yeah but can you change your pin on different accounts and not your main?

[alexthai]

how to set like how long you want the sign in pin to ask you enter the pin again???

[Insert_name_below]

Does anyone know how to reset the pin on an account your not signed into, im trying to sign into Microsoft store using my brothers email since he has Xbox game pass and it’s asking for the pin to his account that me and him both don’t know

[BuffPachy]

i change the pin but it just wont change for some reason, i've just reset it but i still need to use the pin when i install games and stuff like that. The thing is that i dont have the pin...

[charliepitkin]

the problem is im trying to change the pin of a microsoft account im not logging into whenever i go to settings a different one shows up

[Jrobi-whqx]

How can I do this when Im locked out of my PC

[crystalcordell]

Here’s the thing, my laptop won’t even let, e log on bc it says my pin is no longer good and won’t let me reset it. I’ve just spent 2 hours trying

[lovelyantics]

well i have two accounts and it wont let me switch over to my other one when i try to change the pin.

[scuby]

thanks hopefully my father doesn't know😈👍

[polaroyde]

hey so what the fuck do i do if it isnt my computer and I haven’t set up the pin at ALL and no website is giving me the option to change it?