How To Turn Off Windows Hello

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Hi Tom,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I understand how frustrating it could exist when things do not piece of work the way they are expected to. Still, we can try a few steps and see if we can disable Windows How-do-you-do permanently, merely before we try those steps, may I know:

What is the version of Windows ten installed on the computer?

Did you lot observe whatever changes on the computer prior to this issue?

Troubleshooting methods:

Method 1: Using Group policy settings.

If you lot are on Windows ten Pro edition, you can change the grouping policy settings to disable PIN sign-in option for all users.

Open the Run dialog box by pressing the Windows key and the R cardinal together.
Type GPEDIT.MSC and hit the Enter key.
Go to Reckoner Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Organization -> Logon .
On the right side, double click on Turn on PIN sign-in and select Disabled.
Similarly disable the other Windows Hello options if any.
Exit the Group policy editor and reboot the computer.

Method 2: Disabling Windows Hello in Registry.

If setting Group policy doesn't work, you may disable the sign in options which should disable

Windows Hello options in all user accounts.

Disclaimer: The registry is a database in Windows that contains important information nigh system hardware, installed programs and settings, and profiles of each of the user accounts on the reckoner. Windows frequently reads and updates the information in the registry.

Normally, software programs make registry changes automatically. You lot should not make unnecessary changes to the registry. Changing registry files incorrectly tin can cause Windows to stop working or make Windows report the wrong information.

Please accept a backup of the registry. Follow the steps given in the link beneath:

How to support and restore the registry in Windows

Open the Run dialog box by pressing the Windows key and the R key together.
Type Regedit and hit the Enter fundamental.
When the Registry Editor opens, navigate to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\Settings\AllowSignInOptions.
In the right pane, double click on the DWORD entry named value set it to 0.

The above method will disable Windows How-do-you-do for all user accounts. If you want to re-enable

it, change the DWORD entry Value dorsum to i.

Hope it helps.

Thanks,

Peer Samie

Microsoft Community-Moderator