{"id":11712,"date":"2018-06-06T06:39:08","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T06:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=11712"},"modified":"2018-06-06T06:39:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T06:39:08","slug":"sign-out-of-windows-10-user-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/sign-out-of-windows-10-user-account\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways to Sign out of Windows 10 User Account"},"content":{"rendered":"

Has the log off function been taken away for Windows 10? Starting with Windows 8, the “Log off” option was renamed to “Sign out”. This tutorial will walk you through 6 ways to sign out of Windows 10 user account.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Sign out of Windows 10 Using Start Menu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click the Start<\/strong> button. When the Start Menu appears, click on the icon for your account name at the top-left corner and select Sign out<\/strong> from the pop-up menu.<\/p>\n

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Method 2: Sign out of Windows 10 Using Power User Menu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right-click on the Start<\/strong> button or press the Windows key + X to open the Power User Menu. Just point your mouse at the “Shut down or sign out<\/strong>” submenu and then click Sign out<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Method 3: Sign out of Windows 10 Using ALT + F4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Minimize or close all open windows, and then press ALT + F4 keyboard combination. When the Shut Down Windows dialog pops up, select Sign out<\/strong> from the drop-down list and then click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Method 4: Sign out of Windows 10 Using Ctrl + Alt + Del<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press the Ctrl + Alt + Del keys together on the keyboard to open the Windows security screen. From there you can get the option to sign out of Windows user account.<\/p>\n

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Method 5: Sign out of Windows 10 Using Command Line<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open the Command Prompt and run the “shutdown -L<\/strong>” command. This will close all your running apps, and then sign out of your account.<\/p>\n

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There’s another command Logoff<\/strong> which also serves the same purpose.<\/p>\n

Method 6: Sign out of Other User Account Using Task Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n

If there are multiple user accounts logged in on your Windows 10 PC, you can sign out of other account using Task Manager. Follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys simultaneously on your keyboard to open Task Manager<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Once you’re in the more details view of Task Manager, select the Users<\/strong> tab and you can view which user accounts are logged in. Choose the user you want to sign out and click on the Sign out<\/strong> button at the bottom right corner.\n

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    Which method do you prefer to use to sign out of Windows 10? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Has the log off function been taken away for Windows 10? Starting with Windows 8, the “Log off” option was renamed to “Sign out”. This tutorial will walk you through 6 ways to sign out of Windows 10 user account. Method 1: Sign out of Windows 10 Using Start Menu Click the Start button. When […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[3811,3812],"class_list":["post-11712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-log-off-windows-10","tag-sign-out-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11712"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11723,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11712\/revisions\/11723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}