How To Create A Sign Out Shortcut On Your Windows 10 Desktop

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Windows 10 Desktop Shortcut To Log Off Computer

Have you ever wondered if you can put a shortcut on your desktop that will just log off your user profile when clicked on? Well, today’s your lucky day because in this post we will be showing you how you can create a shortcut on your Windows 10 desktop that will sign out your user profile.

This can make life a lot easier as you don’t need to open the start menu every time to then click the
sign-out button. We have listed the steps below.

You can also set a keyboard shortcut to make Windows 10 Sign out. Check out this post to see how.

How To Add Log Off Shortcut To Your Windows 10 Desktop:

1. Right-click your desktop > New > Shortcut

2. In the location box type “shutdown /l

3. You can now give the shortcut a name > Click Finish

There you go you can now use the shortcut on your desktop to log off your user profile. Just don’t forget to save everything before you run the shortcut.

You can also add a shortcut to your desktop that will shut down Windows 10.

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