{"id":10495,"date":"2017-11-09T07:35:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T07:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=10495"},"modified":"2017-11-09T07:39:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T07:39:59","slug":"reset-pin-from-lock-screen-on-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/reset-pin-from-lock-screen-on-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset PIN from Lock Screen on Windows 10 Fall Creators Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forgot your PIN login and can’t sign into Windows 10? Starting from Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the lock screen lets you reset lost PIN when using a Microsoft account. In this tutorial we’ll walk you through the steps to reset forgotten PIN from the lock screen on Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.<\/p>\n

How to Reset PIN from Lock Screen on Windows 10 Fall Creators Update?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. When you’re at Windows 10 sign-in screen, click the “I forgot my PIN<\/strong>” link just below the PIN box.\n

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  2. You’ll see the Just a moment<\/em> screen while Windows prepares to reset PIN. Enter your Microsoft account password and click Next<\/strong>.\n

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  3. If you have enabled two-step verification for your Microsoft account, you have to enter the recovery email address or phone number to verify your ownership.\n

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  4. Enter the security code you’ve received from Microsoft, and click Next<\/strong>.\n

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  5. The subsequent screen will warn you that it’s possible that resetting your PIN could result in data loss. Click Continue<\/strong> to confirm.\n

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  6. A popup will appear and you’re prompted to set up a PIN. Enter your new PIN code twice and click OK<\/strong>.\n

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    After resetting PIN successfully, it will take you back to the sign-in screen, where you can log in to Windows 10 with your new PIN.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    However, the “I forgot my PIN<\/strong>” option is only available at the sign-in screen when using a Microsoft account. If you’re using a local account, you have to reset forgotten PIN from the Settings app on Windows 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Forgot your PIN login and can’t sign into Windows 10? Starting from Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the lock screen lets you reset lost PIN when using a Microsoft account. In this tutorial we’ll walk you through the steps to reset forgotten PIN from the lock screen on Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. How to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[2260,2258,3599],"class_list":["post-10495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-forgot-windows-10-pin","tag-reset-windows-10-pin","tag-reset-windows-10-pin-from-lock-screen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10495"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10507,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10495\/revisions\/10507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}