Removing the PIN requirement in 21H1

DeaconFrost · 28 May 2021

I log in to my systems (several in the house) using a Microsoft account. My wife and I both use MS accounts to simplify logins across multiple systems. I recently built a new tower using 21H1, and was forced to create a Windows Hello PIN. Fine. I've done this before, and removed it later.

Here's the kicker. I'm not able to remove it with this build. I go through the "forgot PIN" trick, which seems to work, but after the next boot, I'm told there is a problem with my PIN and I am forced to re-add one.

Has anyone successfully removed a PIN from 21H1?

Fabler2 · 28 May 2021

In settings, accounts, Sign-in options try turning off this setting,

Enable or Disable Passwordless Sign-in for Microsoft Accounts

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DeaconFrost · 28 May 2021

I tried disabling that, but I am still unable to remove the PIN.

Fabler2 · 28 May 2021

Still in sign-in options I have 'show my account details such as my email address on the sign-in screen' under Privacy turned on.
Forgive the poor quality images but this is what I get,

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Arrow shows option to use password.

dalchina · 28 May 2021

Please see
Remove PIN from your Account in Windows 10
and advise if this succeeds. Thanks.

Samuria · 28 May 2021

The pin is set as its more secure if you login with MS account it has to verify it which means data is passed over the net with a pin its all local and if your net goes down often you can login with MS account but can with a pin

cereberus · 29 May 2021

Turn off Windows Hello. Job done.

DeaconFrost · 15 Jun 2021

Job not done, unfortunately. I've tried all the normal removal options and a few of the "tricks" as mentioned in my first post. None have succeeded. Group Policy to disable the PIN didn't work, either. I am able to manually change the option to my password, but that's only a workaround, not a solution.