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6 Ways to Enable a Guest Account on Windows 10

Running some commands on CMD is the fastest way to do this

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Sometimes, you need to share your PC with other users, but that can be both privacy and safety concerns. You don’t want your guests to have full access to your PC and personal files, and this is why a Guest account can come in handy.

A guest account is an extremely useful feature, and today we’re going to show you how to use it on Windows 10.

How do I add a Guest account to my Windows 10 computer?

1. Create a new Guest account using Command Prompt

In previous versions of Windows, you could create a Guest account easily, just as any other account, but with Windows 10, Microsoft decided to make some changes, and it almost removed this feature.

There is still a way to create a Guest account on your Windows 10 PC, but it requires that you use Command Prompt to create a new user and add that user to Guests group.

After doing that, close Command Prompt, and you should have a new Visitor account that has limited privileges of a Guest account. If you want to use the Guest account, simply log in to the Visitor account, and the Visitor account should work completely as a Guest account.

2. Use Local Group Policy Editor

Certain versions of Windows 10 come with the Group Policy Editor tool that allows you to change all sorts of advanced Windows settings. So you can enable the guest account with it.

After enabling this option in Group Policy Editor, you should be able to access the Guest account without any problems on Windows 10.

3. Use Computer Management

Computer Management is another Windows application that allows you to change various settings and view all sorts of important information regarding your PC.

You can use this application to change user account settings, but you can also disable or enable a Guest account by using this tool.

After disabling this option Guest account should be available on your Windows 10 PC. A few users also suggest that you need to restart your PC once you make changes to Computer Management, so be sure to try that as well.

4. Use Local Users and Groups tool

You can also add a new Guest user to your PC by using Local Users and Groups tool. This solution is similar toSolution 1, but unlikeSolution 1,it doesn’t require that you use Command Prompt.

5. Enable Guest account using Command Prompt

We already showed you how to create a new account and how to add it to the Guests group, but few users claim that you can enable a Guest account simply by running a single command using Command Prompt.

According to users, the Guest account is just disabled, and you can enable it simply by using this command. A few users reported that this method might not work until you make one more change in Local Group Policy Editor as shown below:

As you can see, you can’t log in to your Guest account on Windows 10 by default, but after enabling this account from Command Prompt and changing your Local Group Policy, you should be able to access it without any issues.

6. Create a new user account and change its account type

According to users, you can fix this problem simply by creating a new user account and changing its account type.

By default, all created accounts are added to the Users group, which gives them full access to your PC. Since we don’t want that, we need to change the account type by following these steps:

After doing that, you should have a Visitor account that has the same privileges as a Guest account.

As you can see, a Guest account is an extremely useful feature to have, and we’re not sure why did Microsoft remove support for this feature. If you still want to use a Guest account on your Windows 10 PC, be sure to try some of our solutions.

Similarly, if you want tochange your admin account, check our detailed guide on the topic.

Feel free to let us know the option you enjoy using from our list in the comments below.

6 Ways to Enable a Guest Account on Windows 10#

How do I add a Guest account to my Windows 10 computer?#

1. Create a new Guest account using Command Prompt#

2. Use Local Group Policy Editor#

3. Use Computer Management#

4. Use Local Users and Groups tool#

5. Enable Guest account using Command Prompt#

6. Create a new user account and change its account type#