{"id":15572,"date":"2020-02-27T02:46:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T02:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=15572"},"modified":"2020-02-27T02:46:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T02:46:10","slug":"remove-windows-10-computer-from-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/remove-windows-10-computer-from-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Remove Windows 10 Computer from Domain"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do I remove a computer from a domain that no longer exists? Or unjoin and rejoin the domain without resetting user profile? In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 methods to remove Windows 10 computer from domain. Before getting started, you need to log on to Windows 10 with local administrator account instead of domain account<\/a>. If you couldn’t remember the password, PCUnlocker<\/a> can be of help.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Remove Windows 10 Computer from Domain Using System Properties<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Windows key + R on the keyboard, then type sysdm.cpl<\/strong> in the Run box and press Enter.\n

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  2. When the System Properties<\/a> window opens, click on the Change<\/strong> button at the bottom of the “Computer Name” tab.\n

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  3. Select the Workgroup<\/strong> radio button, enter a workgroup name you want to be a member of after unjoining the domain. Click OK<\/strong>.\n

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  4. Click OK<\/strong> when prompted.\n

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    You will be asked to restart the computer so that changes can be applied.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Remove Windows 10 Computer from Domain Using Settings App<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Open the Settings app<\/a> and navigate to Accounts<\/strong> -> Access work or school<\/strong>. On the right pane, click the icon labeled Connected to (your domain) AD domain, and then click Disconnect<\/strong>.\n

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    2. Click on Yes<\/strong> to confirm.\n

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    3. When the “Disconnect from the organization” prompt appears, click on Disconnect<\/strong>.\n

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    4. Once restarted, you Windows 10 computer has been unjoined from active directory domain.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Method 3: Remove Windows 10 Computer from Domain Using PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Open the Windows PowerShell with admin rights<\/a>, type the following command to unjoin the domain.
        \nRemove-Computer -UnjoinDomaincredential Domain_Name\\Administrator -PassThru -Verbose -Restart -Force<\/code><\/p>\n

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        \tEnter the domain administrator password when prompted, and click OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n

      2. You’ll see a warning: After you leave the domain you will need to know the password of the local administrator account to log onto this computer<\/em>. Type Y<\/strong> to continue.\n

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      3. Restart your computer to complete this unjoin operation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        How do I remove a computer from a domain that no longer exists? Or unjoin and rejoin the domain without resetting user profile? In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 methods to remove Windows 10 computer from domain. Before getting started, you need to log on to Windows 10 with local administrator account instead of […]<\/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":[4423,4422,4421],"class_list":["post-15572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-disjoin-windows-10-from-domain","tag-remove-computer-from-domain-powershell","tag-remove-windows-10-from-domain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15572","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=15572"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15587,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15572\/revisions\/15587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}