How to Remove Your Email Address From the Login Screen in Windows
If you frequently use your computer in public places, it’s a good idea to remove your email address from the Windows login screen. This means people can’t get your email address if they see your screen over your shoulder.
You can accomplish this using the Settings app, Group Policy Editor, or Registry Editor. In this post, we’ve covered all these methods in detail.
1. How to Hide Email Address From Windows Login Screen Using the Settings App
The Windows Settings app provides a quick way to hide account information from the login screen. So, if you are in a rush, use the following steps to remove user email addresses from the Windows login screen.
2. How to Hide Email Address From Windows Login Screen Using the Group Policy Editor
The Group Policy Editor (or gpedit.msc) is a handy Windows tool for configuring advanced system settings. you could also this tool to hide your email address from the Windows login screen.
Note that the Group Policy Editor is only available on Windows Professional, Education, and Enterprise editions. If your PC is running Windows Home, check outhow to access the Local Group Policy Editor on Windows Homebefore proceeding.
3. How to Hide Email Address From Windows Login Screen Using the Registry Editor
If the above two methods don’t work for some reason, it’s possible to make changes to the Windows registry files to hide your email address from the login screen. For that, you’ll need to use the Registry Editor on Windows.
When it comes to editing Registry files, it’s important to be cautious as making incorrect changes can cause irreversible damage to your PC. We recommend you either back up all the registry files or create a restore point before you make any changes. If you need help with that, check our guides onhow to back up the Windows registryandhow to create a restore point in Windows.
Once you’re done with that, use the following steps to hide your email address from the Windows login screen via Registry Editor.
Exit the Registry Editor and restart your PC for the changes to take effect.
Hiding Your Email Address From the Windows Login Screen Is Easy
As we just saw, hiding your personal information from the Windows login screen barely takes a couple of minutes, regardless of the method you employ.
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