How to Turn Off Password Login on Mac (with Pictures)

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How to Turn Off Password Login on Mac (with Pictures)
How to Turn Off Password Login on Mac (with Pictures)

Video: How to Turn Off Password Login on Mac (with Pictures)

Video: How to Turn Off Password Login on Mac (with Pictures)
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Turning off password logins on a Mac is easy to do. You can disable password login by accessing System Preferences and making a number of changes to the Users & Group settings. If FileVault is on, you must first disable it before you can turn off password login.

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Part 1 of 2: Disabling FileVault

Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 1
Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 1

Step 1. Click the Apple icon

The icon is the Apple logo in the upper-left corner of the menu bar (menu bar).

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 2

Step 2. Select System Preferences

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 3

Step 3. Click the home-shaped "Security & Privacy" icon

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 4

Step 4. Click FileVault

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 5

Step 5. Click the padlock-shaped icon in the lower left corner

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 6

Step 6. Enter the password

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 7

Step 7. Click Unlock

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 8

Step 8. Click Turn Off FileVault

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 9

Step 9. Click Restart & Turn off Encryption

The Mac computer will restart.

Part 2 of 2: Disabling Automatic Login

Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 10
Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 10

Step 1. Click the Apple icon

It's an Apple logo icon in the top-left corner of the menu bar.

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 11

Step 2. Select System Preferences

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 12

Step 3. Click the "Users & Groups" icon which is a silhouette of a person

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 13

Step 4. Log in as administrator by clicking on the padlock-shaped icon

It's in the lower-left corner.

  • Enter the password.
  • Click Unlock or press Enter key.
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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 14

Step 5. Click Login Options

This option is at the bottom of the left-hand panel.

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 15

Step 6. Click the "Automatic login" drop-down menu

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 16

Step 7. Click a user account

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 17

Step 8. Enter the password

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Turn Off Password Login on a Mac Step 18

Step 9. Press Enter key

Now this user account has been set up to log in automatically without entering a password.

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