What to Know

This article describes how to disable UAC in Windows 10 using two different methods.

How to Disable UAC in Windows 10

There are two primary methods.

Control Panel

Theres an easy-to-use slider-style option in Control Panel to disable User Account Control.

The UAC prompt in Windows 10

One way to get there is to search for it using the search bar by the Start menu.

If you see it again on the next page, select it once more.

SelectChange User Account Control configs.

Control Panel listed in the Windows 10 search results.

Drag the button to the very bottom, toNever notify, and then selectOK.

Confirm the change withYes.

Edit the Registry

Another way to completely disable UAC is through aWindows Registrytweak.

User Accounts highlighted in Control Panel categories in Windows 10.

It’s a bit more involved than the Control Panel method but still doable.

Go to this path:

Double-clickEnableLUAfrom the right side to open its tweaks.

Set the value to0and then selectOK.

The Change User Account Control settings button highlighted in User Accounts in the Windows 10 Control Panel.

power cycle your computerfor the change to take effect.

Is It Safe to Turn Off UAC?

What leads most people to want to disable UAC is that it can be annoying.

The User Account Control Settings set to Never notify in Windows 10 Control Panel.

Being bombarded by these prompts every time you want to run those tasks can seem intrusive.

The rights it had before get upgraded because you gave it the go-ahead.

We don’t recommend that you turn off User Account Control.

The Yes button highlighted in the User Account Control confirmation box on Windows 10.

regedit written and highlighted in the Run box in Windows 10.

EnableLUA DWORD value set to 0 in Registry Editor.