How to Hide Email Address from Login Screen in Windows 10?

The Microsoft account email ID is displayed by default in the login screen. To improve your privacy and security, you can hide your MSA email address from the login screen. Here is how to do that in Windows 10 v1607 (Anniversary Update).

Remove Email Address from Windows 10 Login Screen

Open Settings (WinKey + i), click Accounts, Sign-in Options.

Under Privacy, turn off the setting “Show account details (e.g. email address) on sign-in screen.”



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Ramesh Srinivasan is passionate about Microsoft technologies and he has been a consecutive ten-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in the Windows Shell/Desktop Experience category, from 2003 to 2012. He loves to troubleshoot and write about Windows. Ramesh founded Winhelponline.com in 2005.

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