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Extending AD User Password Expiry Date Using Active Directory

  • fabztechtips
  • Jan 25, 2024
  • 1 min read

Launch the Active Directory Administrative Center on a domain controller or a computer that has Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) installed

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Search for the user name in the global search


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Double-click on the user name, click on Attribute Editor – Locate the pwdLastSet attribute.


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Double-click on the ‘pwdLastSet’ attribute to open it, and set the value to ‘0’. Then, click ‘OK’ and ‘Apply’ to save the changes. The ‘pwdLastSet’ attribute will now be displayed as ‘never’


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Reopen the ‘pwdLastSet’ attribute and set it to ‘-1’. Then, click ‘OK’ and ‘Apply’ to save the changes.


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  • Open command prompt, type the command net user loginname /domain. Replace [loginname] by the name of your user account (for example test in the screenshot below). Confirm password expiry date has been extended

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