By default Automatic Login feature is disabled for every user you create in Ubuntu for security reasons, but you can enable this feature which will not ask you to enter your account password when you try to login next time in your account. Enabling Automatic Login is not a best practice. But if you are sure that no one has physical access to your PC then you can enable this feature as explained below.
Instructions:
- Click on the User name on the top bar in top right corner as shown in following image.
User Account Link
- From the pop up menu, click on the User Accounts link to open User Accounts dialogue.
User Accounts Pop up
- In the User Accounts dialogue, select the user for which you want to enable automatic login.
User Accounts dialogue
- Then click on the Unlock button on the top right part of the dialogue as shown in the following image to enable changes for this user account. It will ask you to authenticate you request by entering your password. Do it and proceed to next step.
Unlock Changes
- Now click on the grey area saying “OFF” for Automatic Login which will change the text to “ON” as shown in following image.
Enable Automatic Login
- After enabling automatic login for an account, you will see a “tick” sign as shown in following image.
Automatic Login Enabled Sign
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