How to lock your windows 11 pc?

It is neither in fashion nor compulsory to lock your windows rather it is important to lock your screen. When we are talking about locking your windows it doesn’t mean signing out or logging out from your current user name. But to put a password so that when you have shut down your device someone else cannot make changes in your pc and cannot even open it without your permission.

So, if you are looking for the steps on how to put the lock in your windows then, you have arrived at the right place to get your answer. Here in this article, I am going to show you how to put a lock on your windows 11. It is going to work for windows only. So, let’s have a look at all the crucial points mentioned in the article. 

What is the difference between shutting down and locking?

There is a vast difference between shutting down and locking the windows. When we say shutting down it means to shut down the pc when not in use and next time you are going to open it, it will ask you to simply press SIGN-IN. There is no privacy with your data and no security as well, but locking your pc means you put a password in place of sign-in so no one else can see your home screen without your permission until and unless they don't know the password. It gives you your privacy with the data and secures it also. 

FOLLOWING ARE THE POINTS FOR LOCKING YOUR WINDOWS

There are different ways through which you can lock your screen.

1- The very simple shortcut method to put the lock in your windows is pressing Ctrl+letter [L] it will automatically shut down your pc and then switch it off. We call it a keyboard shortcut.

2- Another simple way to put a lock screen in Windows 11 is going to the menu section here, tap your user profile picture and you will get 3 options: sect LOCK from it. It will again ask you to put a password because until now you have not put any single password tap on the PUT PASSWORD 

One important thing to remember before putting a password is it should be easy to remember and the best thing about windows 11 is it gives you an area of putting the PASSWORD HINT so that even if you forgot your password the hint will recover it.

These are the two main steps through which you can set the password to your window lock screen and it will help in saving your data from anonymity.