Microsoft Windows users beware: Windows won’t automatically sign off for you starting February, 2025

Microsoft has issued a support document notifying users about an upcoming change to the way they login to their Microsoft account.

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Beginning February, 2025, all Microsoft account users will have to manually sign out.  Windows will no longer automatically sign you out after a certain amount of time.

The below is the official document:

Your sign-in experience is changing

The web browser sign-in experience is changing when you sign in to any product or service using your Microsoft account. Starting in February 2025, you will stay signed in automatically unless you sign out or use private browsing.

If you sign in on your own computer, your browser will remember your sign-in information, but if you sign in on a computer, phone or tablet that doesn’t belong to you, or is accessed by other people, you should follow the steps below to use a private browsing window instead.

Private browsing ensures that others won’t be able to:

• Access your Microsoft account, OneDrive or Outlook.com mailbox.

• See your search and browsing history.

To sign out from your Microsoft account in a web browser, select your profile picture in the top right corner of the page and select Sign out. Alternatively, you can sign out manually below.

Sign out

Tip: Always close all browser windows after signing out. If you no longer have access to a device where you were signed in, read How to sign out everywhere.

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