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The **Account protection** section contains information and settings for account protection and sign in. IT administrators and IT pros can get more information and documentation about configuration from the following:
The **Account protection** section contains information and settings for account protection and sign-in. You can get more information about these capabilities from the following list:
- [Microsoft Account](https://account.microsoft.com/account/faq)
- [Windows Hello for Business](../../identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-identity-verification.md)
- [Lock your Windows 10 PC automatically when you step away from it](https://support.microsoft.com/help/4028111/windows-lock-your-windows-10-pc-automatically-when-you-step-away-from)
You can also choose to hide the section from users of the machine. This can be useful if you don't want employees in your organization to see or have access to user-configured options for the features shown in the section.
You can also choose to hide the section from users of the device. This is useful if you don't want your employees to access or view user-configured options for these features.
## Hide the Account protection section
You can choose to hide the entire section by using Group Policy. The section will not appear on the home page of the Windows Security app, and its icon will not be shown on the navigiation bar on the side of the app.
You can choose to hide the entire section by using Group Policy. The section won't appear on the home page of the Windows Security app, and its icon won't be shown on the navigation bar on the side of the app.
This can only be done in Group Policy.
You can only configure these settings by using Group Policy.
>[!IMPORTANT]
>### Requirements
>
>You must have Windows 10, version 1803 or later. The ADMX/ADML template files for earlier versions of Windows do not include these Group Policy settings.
1. On your Group Policy management machine, open the [Group Policy Management Console](/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/cc731212(v=ws.11)), right-click the Group Policy Object you want to configure and click **Edit**.
1. On your Group Policy management machine, open the [Group Policy Management Console](/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/cc731212(v=ws.11)), right-click the Group Policy Object you want to configure and select **Edit**.
3. In the **Group Policy Management Editor** go to **Computer configuration** and click **Administrative templates**.
3. In the **Group Policy Management Editor** go to **Computer configuration** and select **Administrative templates**.
5. Expand the tree to **Windows components > Windows Security > Account protection**.
6. Open the **Hide the Account protection area** setting and set it to **Enabled**. Click **OK**.
6. Open the **Hide the Account protection area** setting and set it to **Enabled**. Select **OK**.
7. [Deploy the updated GPO as you normally do](/windows/win32/srvnodes/group-policy).