How to reset all local security policy settings to default in Windows. Security policies on a Windows system can become cluttered, misconfigured, or out of sync with organizational standards. Learning how to reset all local security policy settings to their default can help you troubleshoot and review any changes to your settings. Before we begin, be sure to subscribe to Ninja One's IT Video Hub for more tech content like this. How to reset local security policy to default. Before you reset your local security policies, make sure that you have backed up your Windows device and have access to an administrator account. Now, you can restore default security policy settings in Windows 11 and Windows 10. Using any of these methods, you can use Command, prompt, and PowerShell to reset local security policies to their defaults. To do so, follow these steps. Open the command prompt or PowerShell as an administrator. Enter this command, then reboot your device. This will apply the changes and fully restore the default security settings. You can also use a local security policy console to restore individual changes. To do this, follow these steps. Right? Click on the start button, then click run. In the run dialogue type the command SEC poll. Do MSC press okay. To open the security policy console, go to the account policies and local policies in the left navigation pane and revert any changes you've made. This method is better for reverting individual changes for which you have documentation of. If you want a clean slate, it is better to use the command prompt or power shell. Finally, you can also use the group policy editor to reset individual local security policies. To do this, open the local group policy editor. Go to the security policies located at computer configuration, administrative templates, all settings. Then user configuration, administrative templates, all settings, restore each setting to its default value based on the documentation. Finally, reboot your device to apply the changes. For more information, check out our official blog post on how to reset all local security policy settings to default in Windows linked in the description below.