Automatically lock your Windows 10 PC when you are away

Hello, Friends Welcome to Shop Gud. In this article, you learn about how you can Lock your Windows 10 PC using the Dynamic lock which will help you automatically lock your Windows 10 PC when you are steps away. 

There are many personal and professional data that you keep on your computer and every time it is not possible to lock your PC or keep it in sleep or shut down. In your busy schedule sometime you may forget to lock your PC and step away when you either get a call or other work and you leave your Windows PC open. During which some other people maybe your friends, co-workers, etc. can look over your computer, some time which may cause a loss of your data or personal things that you don’t want others to check out. 

So, the ‘Dynamic Lock’ Features of Windows 10 will help you out automatically lock your PC when you step away. If you get a sudden work and you move from there and forget to lock your PC then Dynamic Lock feature will lock your PC remotely. To use this feature you have to set up your mobile with the dynamic lock on your PC using Bluetooth. Once the dynamic lock is set with your smartphone, it will lock your PC automatically when your Bluetooth phone is out of range.

Now let’s check out the steps how you can use Dynamic Lock on Windows 10

Step 1 – Go to the Windows settings on your computer.

Step 2 – Click on the ‘Accounts’ settings

Step 3 – Under Accounts click the ‘Sign-in options’ tab 

Step 4 – Scroll down to the Dynamic lock and click on the ‘Bluetooth & other devices’ option. Next, the ‘Bluetooth & other devices’ option will open on the screen where you can either add a device using Bluetooth or continue with the already paired device.

Step 5 – After you pair the mobile with your PC, go back to the ‘Sign-in options’ tab (i.e., Step 3).

Step 6 – Tick the ‘Allow Windows to automatically lock your device when you’re away’ option. After you tick the option it will look for the paired device and show you the connected device.

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Now whenever the paired device goes away from the PC, it will automatically lock the Windows PC. So, the Dynamic lock feature will be very helpful if you want your PC to automatically lock when you are away. You just have to keep your phone with you and when the Bluetooth phone is out of range the PC gets locked, which will help you to keep your PC data out of reach from others.

Also, the best thing about Dynamic lock is when the Bluetooth is off you will get a notification on the notification center “Dynamic lock is not working – Turn on Bluetooth so your device can lock automatically”. Once you turn on the Bluetooth it will start working and lock the PC automatically.

Using the above steps you can learn ‘how to use dynamic lock in windows 10’ and if you want to ‘disable dynamic lock in windows 10’ simply Untick the ‘‘Allow Windows to automatically lock your device when you’re away’ option in Step 6.

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