How to Disable Password Expiration on Windows 11

The password expiration feature on Windows requires you to change your password periodically, which helps to improve the security of your computer. However, changing passwords frequently is not easy to remember and has to be verified repeatedly. Fortunately, the password expiration feature can be disabled on Windows 11.

The password expiration period is 42 days for local accounts and 72 days for Microsoft accounts. You can disable password expiration for both accounts, but the methods are different. This article will show you how to disable password expiration for both local accounts and Microsoft accounts.

Disable password expiration for a Microsoft account by resetting the password

If you want to turn off password expiration for Microsoft accounts, you will need to reset your current password. You can turn off this password expiration by following the steps below.

Step2. Change your password and disable the Microsoft account password expiration

Once on Microsoft’s account security page, click on ‘change my password’ under Password security.

In the new page that appears, enter the old password in the first text box, and enter the new password in the second and third text boxes. Clear the ‘Make me change my password every 72 days’ checkbox and hit Save.

Disable password expiration for a local user account via Command Prompt

The Command Prompt is a good tool to help you disable the local account password expiration, the specific steps are as follows.

Step1. Run Command Prompt as administrator

Click on Windows Start and type the Command Prompt in the search box, find the matched item, and select Run as administrator.

Step2. Enter the command to disable password expiration

Paste the following command into the command prompt window and hit Enter. You can disable password expiration for local accounts.

wmic UserAccount where Name="Username" set PasswordExpires=False

Notice: Please replace Username with the actual name of the local account.

If you have multiple local accounts on your computer, you can type the following command and hit Enter to disable password expiration for all local accounts.

wmic UserAccount set PasswordExpires=False

After running the above command, the Windows local account password expiration function will be disabled.

Although the password expiration feature can protect your computer, frequent password changes may not be suitable for everyone. If you want to disable the password expiration feature is not difficult, the above method can easily help you disable the password expiration feature of the local account and Microsoft account. And if you have other difficulties with computer use, welcome to visit WiseCleaner.