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By default, after locking the screen, you will see some icons and notifications such as user account pictures, network icon, power off icon, sleep and hibernate, and Ease of Access.
Aside from default icons like power and Ease of Access (used for users with disabilities), you can hide the network icon on the lock screen of Windows 10 to enhance the aesthetics of the lock screen.
Conceal Network Icons on Lock Screen in Windows 10
Step 1: Open Registry Editor on Windows 10 by pressing Start Menu > typing regedit and selecting the search result. Alternatively, you can also use the Windows + R key combination > type regedit.exe.
There are quite a few ways to access Registry Editor on Windows 10 as Mytour has introduced to you, you just need to choose the most convenient way to access Registry Editor.
Conceal Network Icons on Lock Screen in Windows 10
Step 2: Find and navigate to the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
Guidelines for hiding network icons on the Lock Screen in Windows 10
Step 3: Create a 32-bit DWORD value and name it: DontDisplayNetworkSelectionUI
Remove network icon from Lock Screen in Windows 10
How to hide network icon on Lock Screen in Windows 10
Guide to remove network icon from Lock Screen in Windows 10
Step 4: Set the value to 1
Method to remove network icon from Lock Screen in Windows 10
If you're running Windows 10 64-bit, you still need to create a 32-bit DWORD value.
Step 5: Log out of Windows 10 and log back in to see the changes.
To restore the network icon, simply delete the DontDisplayNetworkSelectionUI value created in Registry Editor.
Disable network icon on Lock Screen in Windows 10
After installing Windows 10, users have numerous customizations and new settings for both the desktop and lock screen. Notably, Windows Spotlight gathers many beautiful lock screen images. If you know the location of Windows Spotlight files, you can easily turn Spotlight images into Win 10 wallpapers, showcasing your style.
However, some individuals dislike the lock screen on Win 10 and prefer to directly access the desktop for work. Windows 10 offers the feature to disable lock screen so you can access the desktop directly without going through the lock screen.
In addition to the feature of changing login screen wallpaper in Win 10 via Windows Spotlight in Settings, users can easily customize and change Win 10 login background through software called Windows 10 Login Background Changer. The lightweight software Windows 10 Login Background Changer allows for easy and professional Win 10 wallpaper changes through the simplest settings. It's also a free tool for Windows 10 users.
