Ekaterina Gerasimova
kittykat3756@gmail.com 2013
Set up automatic login for when you switch on your computer.
Christian Kirbach
christian.kirbach@gmail.com 2011, 2012, 2013.
Mario Blättermann
mario.blaettermann@gmail.com 2011, 2012, 2013.
Gabor Karsay
gabor.karsay@gmx.at 2011, 2012.
Hendrik Knackstedt
hendrik.knackstedt@t-online.de 2011.to

# Log in automatically

You can change your settings so that you are automatically logged in to your account when you start up your computer:

Open Settings from the Activities overview.

Open the Users panel from Settings.

Select the user account that you want to log in to automatically at startup.

Press Unlock and enter your password.

Toggle the Automatic Login switch to On.

When you next start up your computer, you will be logged in automatically. If you have this option enabled, you will not need to type in your password to log in to your account which means that if someone else starts up your computer, they will be able to access your account and your personal data including your files and browser history.

If your account type is Standard, you cannot change this setting. Contact your system administrator who can change this setting for you.