In this guide, we will learn how to disable the password after sleep/wake/hibernation. This will eliminate the password issue altogether and spare those who do not wish to type in their password every time the system wakes up from sleep.
For Windows Users:
Use the Windows 10 Settings Menu
Many basic system users can turn off the password for Windows 10 wakeup using the Settings menu. If the dropdown in the Require Sign-in section is greyed out, check if changing the user password enables the dropdown.
Use the Windows 11 Settings Menu
The revised sentence can be: “To remove “authentication is required when my computer wakes from sleep” on a Windows 11 PC, you can try the steps below:
Use the Power Options in the Control Panel.
Use the User Accounts in the Windows Control Panel.
If a user account is set to enter a user name and password to use the computer, then that setting may override the above-mentioned settings and keep asking the user to enter the password when waking up from sleep.
Use the Command Prompt to Disable the Password on Waking from Sleep
If the Settings or Power Options method did not work or a CLI (Command Line Interface) happy geek wants to use a CLI-based method, then a user can turn off the wakeup password by using the Windows Command Prompt. Keep in mind that if you want to disable the password when the system awakes from sleep on many systems, then creating a batch file with the above commands will make things quite easy. In case you ever want to enable the password requirement, you may execute the following steps one by one: For Battery: When it is plugged in
Edit the Relevant Registry Entries in Windows 10 and Windows 11
If a user fails to disable the password by using the above methods, then a registry entry may be causing the issue, and a user may turn off the lock screen on Windows 10 after sleep mode by editing the relevant registry entries. Warning: Proceed with the utmost care and at your own risk, as editing the system’s registry is a skillful task. If anything goes wrong, you may cause irreversible damage to your system/data.
Use the Group Policy Editor to disable the password on the system’s wake-up.
If the above methods did not work, then a Group Policy (Group Policy settings override the system’s registry values) may be restricting a user from disabling the password requirement upon the system’s wake-up. Disabling this could solve the problem. Windows Home users may need to install the Group Policy Editor. Keep in mind that this will affect all users of the machine, not just the current user.
Disable a password on a system that supports modern standby.
If a system supports modern standby, then a user may fail to disable the password on such a system with the above-mentioned methods. So, firstly, let us check if the system is modern standby supported or not. To do so, launch Command Prompt as Administrator and execute the following in it: If the output shows any one of the following as available, then the system supports Modern Standby: In this case, check if disabling the Modern Standby solves the problem. If not, then you may edit the system registry to disable the system’s wakeup password. To do so, follow these steps… If none of the above worked, then you may either disable the lock screen (strictly not recommended) or check if a work or school policy is not causing the issue.
For Mac Users
For Ubuntu Users
Geeks who favor the CLI (Command Line Interface) may use the following in Ubuntu’s BASH to disable the screen lock upon system suspension.
This is a security concern,
Since a user has disabled the password for the system’s wakeup from sleep, it could make the system more vulnerable to security incidents. As a piece of advice, you might want to set up a smart lock on your system so that it locks automatically when you are away.
