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This wikiHow teaches you how to remove a user account from your Windows PC. As long as you are signed in to your PC with an administrator-level account, you will be able to remove any user accounts on the PC. Removing a user account will delete all of that user's data from your PC.
Steps
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Open your Windows Settings . You can press the Windows key and i simultaneously, or click the Windows Start menu and click the gear icon.
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Click Accounts . This icon looks like a silhouette of a person and says "Your accounts, email, sync, work, family."Advertisement
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Click Family & other users . You'll see this in the vertical menu on the left side of the window.
- If you're using a work or school PC, you may have to select Other users or Other people instead. [1] X Trustworthy Source Microsoft Support Technical support and product information from Microsoft. Go to source
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Click the person you want to delete. You'll see more options appear for that user.
- If you see "Local account" below the user name, this account only exists on the current PC. If not, it's a Microsoft account, which means that while you're removing the account from your PC, that user will still be able to log into other Microsoft services like Outlook.com and Office Online.
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Click Remove . A confirmation message will appear, letting you know that all of that user's data will be removed from the PC if you continue.
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Click Delete account and data . This removes all of the user's data from the PC.
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1. Open Settings.
2. Click Accounts
.
3. Click Family & other users
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4. Click the user you want to delete.
5. Click Remove
and Delete account and data
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