{"id":19266,"date":"2022-12-10T00:45:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T00:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=19266"},"modified":"2022-12-10T00:45:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T00:45:10","slug":"disable-user-account-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/disable-user-account-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Methods to Disable User Account in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can I deactivate a local account temporarily? Is there a way to restrict a user from logging into your computer? In this tutorial we’ll show you 4 simple methods to disable user account in Windows 11.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Disable User Account via Local User and Group Management<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run command box. Type lusrmgr.msc<\/strong> and press Enter to access the Local User and Group Management.\n

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  2. Click the Users<\/strong> node in the left-side navigation pane, then double-click on the user account you want to disable.\n

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  3. In the displayed Properties dialog box, check the “Account is disabled<\/strong>” option and click OK<\/strong>.\n

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  4. Now you’ve successfully disabled a user account in Windows 11. The selected account will disappear from Windows login screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Disable User Account via Command Prompt or Windows Terminal<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Right-click the Start<\/strong> button in the taskbar and choose the “Terminal (Admin)<\/strong>” option, or launch an elevated Command Prompt.\n

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    2. Enter the following command and press Enter. Replace Account_Name<\/strong> with the actual name of the user account you want to disable.
      \nnet user Account_Name \/active:no<\/code><\/p>\n

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    3. Windows will disable the specified account immediately.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Method 3: Disable User Account via Windows PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Open Windows PowerShell as administrator, and execute the following command:
        \nDisable-LocalUser -Name \"Account_Name\"<\/code><\/p>\n

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        \tSubstitute Account_Name<\/strong> in the above command with the user name of the account that you want to disable.<\/li>\n

      2. Reboot your computer and Windows should prevent that account from signing in.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Method 4: Disable User Account via Windows Settings App<\/strong><\/p>\n

        You can only use this method to disable a family member’s account. It doesn’t work with Microsoft accounts or local accounts.<\/p>\n

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        1. Right-click the Start<\/strong> button and choose the Settings<\/strong> option.\n

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        2. When the Settings app launches, select the Accounts<\/strong> tab on the left sidebar and then click Family<\/strong> from the right pane.\n

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        3. Under the “Your family” section, click on the account you want to disable and then click “Block sign in<\/strong>“.\n

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        4. In the pop-up dialog box, click the Block<\/strong> button to confirm.\n

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        5. The disabled user account won’t be able to sign in until a family organizer re-enables the account in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          That’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          How can I deactivate a local account temporarily? Is there a way to restrict a user from logging into your computer? In this tutorial we’ll show you 4 simple methods to disable user account in Windows 11. Method 1: Disable User Account via Local User and Group Management Press the Windows key + R to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,4713],"tags":[5070,5071,5069],"class_list":["post-19266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-disable-admin-account-windows-11","tag-disable-local-account-windows-11","tag-disable-user-account-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19266","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=19266"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19289,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19266\/revisions\/19289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}