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title: Account protection in Windows Security
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description: Use the Account protection section to manage security for your account and sign in to Microsoft.
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ms.date: 04/15/2025
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ms.topic: how-to
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# Account protection
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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:
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- [Microsoft Account](https://support.microsoft.com/account-billing/ace6f3b3-e2d3-aeb1-6b96-d2e9e7e52133)
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- [Windows Hello for Business](../../../identity-protection/hello-for-business/index.md)
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- [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)
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You can also choose to hide the section from users of the device, if you don't want your users to access or view user-configured options for these features.
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## Hide the Account protection section
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You can choose to hide the entire section by using Group Policy. When hidden, this section doesn't appear on the home page of **Windows Security**, and its icon isn't shown on the navigation bar on the side.
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> You must have Windows 10, version 1803 or later. The ADMX/ADML template files for earlier versions of Windows don't include these Group Policy settings.
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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 (GPO) you want to configure and select **Edit**.
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1. In the **Group Policy Management Editor**, go to **Computer configuration** and select **Administrative templates**.
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1. Expand the tree to **Windows components > Windows Security > Account protection**.
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1. Open the **Hide the Account protection area** setting and set it to **Enabled**. Select **OK**.
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1. [Deploy the updated GPO as you normally do](/windows/win32/srvnodes/group-policy).
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> [!NOTE]
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> If you hide all sections, then **Windows Security** shows a restricted interface, as in the following screenshot:
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