{"id":6449,"date":"2016-03-22T02:49:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T02:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=6449"},"modified":"2016-03-22T02:49:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T02:49:54","slug":"5-ways-to-delete-a-local-account-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-delete-a-local-account-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Delete A Local Account in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to remove a Windows local account when you don’t need it any more? In this tutorial we’ll show you 5 ways to delete a local account in Windows 10, through Control Panel, Local Users and Groups, Netplwiz, Command Prompt, Settings Charm.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> If you’re currently logged in to the local account you want to delete, log off and sign in with another account in order to remove it. Deleting a user account requires you to log on as administrator, and the built-in Administrator account is undeletable.<\/em><\/p>\n

Method 1: Delete Local Account Using Control Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. First of all you need to access the Control Panel. Press the Windows key + X and then select Control Panel<\/strong> from the WinX menu.\n

    \"winx\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. Select the View by<\/strong> option at the top right of the Control Panel. Set it to Large icons<\/strong> and then click on User Accounts<\/strong>.\n

    \"control-panel\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. Select Manage another account<\/strong> in the list options.\n

    \"user-accounts\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. Click on the account that you want to delete.\n

    \"manage-accounts\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. Click on Delete the account<\/strong> link from the left pane.\n

    \"delete-windows-account\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  6. Next it will ask you whether you want to keep or to delete the user’s file. It’s up to you as to which option you want to choose.\n

    \"keep-account-profile\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Delete Local Account via Local Users and Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type lusrmgr<\/strong> and press Enter.\n

      \"lusrmgr\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. In the Local Users and Groups window, click Users<\/strong> from the left pane.<\/li>\n
    3. Right-click on your unused user account in the center pane, and then select Delete<\/strong>.\n

      \"delete-user\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. Click Yes<\/strong> and the user account will be removed immediately.\n

      \"confirm-account-deletion\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Method 3: Delete Local Account Using Netplwiz<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run box. Type netplwiz<\/strong> and press Enter. If prompted by UAC, then click Yes.\n

        \"netplwiz\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      2. Check the “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer<\/strong>” box. When this box is unchecked, the user list below and the Remove<\/strong> button will be greyed out.<\/li>\n
      3. Highlight the user account you want to delete and click on Remove<\/strong>.\n

        \"remove-user\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      4. Click Yes<\/strong> to confirm your account removal.\n

        \"confirm-account-removal\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Method 4: Delete Local Account Using Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. To open an elevated Command Prompt, press the Windows key + X to access the WinX menu and then click on Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong>.\n

          \"winx\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        2. Now you can run the net user<\/em> command to delete a local account. For example, to remove a local account named Joe<\/em>, type:
          \n\tnet user Joe \/del<\/code><\/p>\n

          \"delete-account-with-cmd\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        3. Once the account is deleted, it will disappear from Windows 10 login screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Method 5: Delete Local Account from Settings Charm<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          1. Press the Windows key + I to open the Settings charm. You can also access it by clicking the Start<\/strong> button and then select Settings<\/strong>.\n

            \"start-menu\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

          2. From the setting window, click on Accounts<\/strong>.\n

            \"settings-app\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

          3. Click on “Family & other users<\/strong>” tab on the left pane, click on the user account you wish to delete and the Remove<\/strong> button will be shown. Click on it.\n

            \"remove-local-account\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

          4. You’ll be prompted to confirm, and if you really want to continue, click “Delete account and data<\/strong>“.\n

            \"delete-account-data\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

          5. This will remove the user account from the login screen, as well as any files, settings, and program data associated with that user account.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            How to remove a Windows local account when you don’t need it any more? In this tutorial we’ll show you 5 ways to delete a local account in Windows 10, through Control Panel, Local Users and Groups, Netplwiz, Command Prompt, Settings Charm. Note: If you’re currently logged in to the local account you want to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1894],"tags":[2616,2619,2618,2617],"class_list":["post-6449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-delete-windows-10-user","tag-delete-windows-local-account","tag-delete-windows-user-account","tag-remove-windows-10-account"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6449","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=6449"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6471,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6449\/revisions\/6471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}