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Even when not enabling Windows Hello in Sign-In Options, the camera will still film you and display an annoying animation and the message that you have to set up a PIN. How to remove Windows Hello completely?

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  1. Run gpedit.msc (Edit group policy in Control Center)
  2. Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Biometrics
  3. Disable "Allow users to log on using biometrics" (or "Allow the use of biometrics")

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First, remove the PIN if you've already set one up. Then the next time you sign in, notice how the prompt says something like 'sign-in to setup Windows Hello'. Change that to a normal password or fingerprint sign-in by clicking the icon below the password field. That did it for me. Now I can sign-in without being forced to enter a new PIN. :-)

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For Windows Home Edition users

For those that don't have Windows Pro, the equivalent solution is to set the registry value Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Biometrics\Enabled to 0 (hex). If it doesn't exist, create the key as type dword (32 bit) in the Biometrics folder.

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