How to Set a Minimum Password Length in Windows 11/10

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Microsoft has provided a variety of techniques to authenticate a user over time. A Microsoft account or a fingerprint or passcode or PIN can be used to log in. 
To log in using these options, the user must enter a password.
On Windows 10/11, a local user account can be created without the requirement for a password. This means that even if the user does not know the password, he or she can easily open and use the computer. The local user account can, however, be given a password for security purposes. Setting a minimum password length for a local user account can be done to add a password to that account.

In this article, we have covered two different ways to set a minimum password length in Windows 10,11.

Method 1: Using the Group Policy

NOTE: This fix works only in Windows 10 Professional Edition.

Step 1: Open the Run Terminal

Step 2:  Type gpedit.msc and hit Enter

 

 

Gpedit Msc

 

 

Step 3: You can see that the Local Security Policy window opens.

Step 4: From the left-hand side menu, navigate to the below location. You can double-click on the selection to expand it.

Computer configuration > Windows settings > Security settings > Account policies > Password policy.

 

Step 5: On the right-hand side, double-click on Minimum password length policy.

 

Gpedit Policy

 

Step 6: In the appearing window, under Password must be at least section, enter the desired password length that you want to set.

Step 7: Click on Apply and then click on OK.

 

Set Minimum Password

 

Step 4: Try signing out and signing in. If the changes are not reflected, consider restarting your system.

Method 2: Using Command Prompt

Step 1: Open Run Dialog holding Windows logo key and R together.

Step 2: Enter cmd and press the keys Ctrl+Shift+Enter to open the Command Prompt with Admin Rights

 

 

Cmd

 

 

Step 3: In the User Access control window that shows up asking for permissions, click on Yes.

Step 4: In the command prompt window that opens, just type the below commands and hit Enter

net accounts /minpwlen:<MinimumPasswordLength>

 

If you want to set the minimum password length as 6, then the command should be,

net accounts /minpwlen:6

 

Command To Enter Minimum Password

 

Step 5: For some reason, if you want to change this setting, enter the below command and hit Enter.

net accounts /minpwlen:0

 

Reset The Minum Password Length

 

Method 3: Using PowerShell

Step 1: Open Run Dialog using Windows+R

Step 2: Type powershell and hit Ctrl+Shift+Enter to open PowerShell window in Admin rights

 

Powershell

 

Step 3:In the User Access control window that shows up asking for permissions, click on Yes.

Step 4: In the PowerShell window, enter the below command and hit Enter

net accounts /minpwlen:<MinimumPasswordLength>

 



If you want to set the minimum password length as 6, then the command should be,

net accounts /minpwlen:6

 

Minimum Password

 

Step 5: For some reason, if you want to change this setting, enter the below command and hit Enter.

net accounts /minpwlen:0

 

Set Minimum Password To 0

 

That’s All.

We hope this article has been informative. Thank you for Reading.

Kindly comment and let us know the method that you liked the most.

 

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