Setting password expiration date for specific local account in Windows

Question

Is it possible to set password expiration date for one local account in Windows? It's possible to set account policy with net accounts /maxpwage command, but I'm interested in changing the date for one specific account, without making changes to the policy or other accounts.

The net user <logonname> command can show the expiration date for the account given in Password Expires: field, but it seems like you cannot change it with any net user switch.

Answer 1

Password expiration is a global site setting and cannot be set only for a single account.

The most you can do is to set the account to have a password that expires or does not expire, all according to the site expiration policy.

If you are looking for a command-line tool, this is the wmic command, and the syntax is:

wmic UserAccount where Name="user name" set PasswordExpires=True

For more information see:

• Enable or Disable Password Expiration for Local Accounts in Windows 10
• How to Change Maximum and Minimum Password Age for Local Accounts in Windows 10