How to configure password expiration for local accounts in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Local account password expiration in Windows is a security feature that forces users to change their passwords after a set period. It helps reduce the risk of long-term password exposure by ensuring regular updates for local user accounts. In this video, we'll outline how to configure password expiration in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Before we begin, be sure to subscribe to Ninja One's IT Video Hub and our YouTube channel for more tech content like this, understanding password expiration. Password expiration in Windows 10 and 11 enforces periodic password changes after a defined interval, though disabled by default for local accounts, it can be enabled to enhance security by limiting the use of outdated or compromised passwords. However, forcing frequent changes may backfire causing users to adopt weaker reused or written down passwords due to frustration. How to enable or disable password expiration on Windows 10 and Windows 11, you'll be using the local users and groups, GUI to enable or disable password expiration. Here's how. Right. Click the start button and press run. Enter Lewis R rmg MSC into the dialogue box. Then select okay. In the left pane of the local users and groups window, click users. Right click the user. You wanna change settings for, then click properties. Then do either the following, uncheck the password, never expires. Check box. To enable password expiration, check the password never expires. Checkbox to disable password protection, click okay, and you're all set to manage password expiration in Windows 10 or 11 via command line, open command prompt, or a PowerShell as administrator. Use the WMIC command suite to enable or disable expiration for a specific user to enable run to disable, run to check status run. Then review the password expires field in the output. If it says, never expiration is disabled. Best practices for configuring windows password expiration. Password expiration can be useful in situations such as managing shared computers or rotating user accounts. Additionally, some regulations like the payment card industry data security standard P-C-I-D-S-S require users to regularly change their passwords. However, too many password expiration policies can do more harm than good. Users may adopt weak passwords or risky behaviors like writing them down or leaving their devices unlocked. Configuring local password expiration is important because it helps enforce regular password changes, reducing the risk of unauthorized access from stale, shared or compromised credentials. For more information, check out our official blog post on how to configure password expiration for local accounts in Windows 10 and Windows 11 linked in the description below. Be sure to subscribe to Ninja One's IT Video Hub and our YouTube channel for more tech content like this.