How to Turn on Windows 10 Guest Accounts

Last Updated: March 11, 2021 Tested

The guest account is the user account that is built into Windows that you can use to allow guests to use your computer. However, while this account was in previous versions of Windows, it cannot be enabled in Windows 10 even though the account is still built in.^{[1]
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Research source} However, you can create another account that functions the same as the guest account. If you want to create a new guest account, follow the steps in this article.

Steps

1
Open Settings. Click the start button
, and then click on
.
2
Click or tap "Accounts".

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3
Select the "Family & other users" menu in the left pane.
4
Click or tap on "+ Add someone else to this PC".
5
Select "I don't have this person's sign-in information".
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Click or tap on "Add a user without a Microsoft account".
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Pick an account name in the, "Who's going to use this PC" box. You cannot use "Guest” since this account is still in Windows even though it cannot be activated. You can use another name such as "Visitor" or "Guest User".
8
Enter a password and then reenter it in the "Make it secure." boxes. This is not required, but it's a good idea to have a password on every user account on your PC.
- If you do not want to enter a password, then skip this and the next step.
- Check out How to Make a Secure Password for advice on making your password secure.
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Fill out the security questions in case you forget your password. These questions will allow you to reset the password. Simply select a question from the drop down menu, and then enter the answer underneath it.
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Click Next. This will create the account. Once you are done, log into the account to allow the setup to complete.

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Warnings

Users can still accidentally download viruses through the "guest" account, so be careful with who you let onto your computer.

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