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How to hide your email address from login screen on a Windows PC

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Published onApril 18, 2023

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So you want to hide your email address from the Windows login screen? If you work in cafes or similar public places, it is, in fact, an excellent idea if you want to keep yourself protected peeping possible hackers.

Let’s look at the best ways to remove your personal information, in this case, your email address, from the login screen for good.

1. How to hide your email address from the Windows login screen with Settings app

TheWindows Settingsapp is your recourse to fix almost all kinds of problems, big and small, on your PC. For example, you can also use it to remove your email address on Windows PC.

Here’s how:

That’s it; your email address details will be removed from the login screen from here on.

2. Registry Editor

While the above method is straightforward and the most recommended one, like everything in tech, it can sometimes fail. If that happens to you, you still need a way to hide the email address.

This is where the Registry editor can help.

The second way to hide your email address is by editing the Registry Editor. 

Note that before you jump in to edit the registry, we highly recommend you firstcreate a backup for your registry. This is because even a slight error in your registry can wreck the working of your operating system.

Now that you’ve backed up your registry follow the steps below to hide your email address using the Registry editor:

Your registry will be edited, and the email address will be hidden from the login screen moving on. From here, you’ve to restart your PC for the changes to take effect.

Hiding your email address from the login screen on Windows PC

Leaving your details, such as your email address, on your login screen can be a doorway to getting hacked later on, especially if you work at places other than your home or office. So follow the simple tricks from above and remove your email address from the login screen for good.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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