{"id":6472,"date":"2016-03-22T07:05:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T07:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=6472"},"modified":"2016-03-22T07:09:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T07:09:27","slug":"3-ways-to-remove-microsoft-account-from-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/3-ways-to-remove-microsoft-account-from-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Remove Microsoft Account from Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft Account is an email address and password which could be used to sign in your Windows 10 PC. If you no longer want to use a Microsoft account with Windows, you can either switch back to a local account or remove it from Windows sign-in option. In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 simple way to remove Microsoft account login from Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> You cannot delete an account from your machine while you are signed into it \u2013 you’ll need to create an alternative login with a local account first. These methods just remove the Microsoft account locally from your Windows 10 computer. If you want to close \/ delete your online Microsoft account, please visit the Microsoft’s account closing webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Remove Microsoft Account Login from Control Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Press Windows key + X on your keyboard to display WinX menu and select Control Panel<\/strong>.\n

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  2. From the Control Panel, click the View by<\/strong> drop-down arrow and select Large icons<\/strong>. Click User Accounts<\/strong>.\n

    <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. Click the “Manage another account<\/strong>” link.\n

    <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. This screen shows all the accounts currently on your computer. Click on the Microsoft account you want to delete.\n

    \"select-microsoft-account\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. From the list of options, Click on the Delete the account<\/strong> option.\n

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

  6. The next window asks if you want to keep the files relating to this account. If you click on Keep Files<\/strong>, all your personal files are kept intact and you can decide to delete the profile folder at any time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Remove Microsoft Account Login from Netplwiz<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

      <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. This will open the User Accounts window. if you have auto-login enabled, you have to check the “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer<\/strong>” box.<\/li>\n
    3. Select your Microsoft account from the list and click on Remove<\/strong>.\n

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

    4. You’ll be prompted to confirm, and if you really want to continue, click Yes<\/strong> and the Microsoft account login will be removed in no time.\n

      \"remove-ms-account-data\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Method 3: Remove Microsoft Account Login from Settings App<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. First of all, open Settings app by clicking the Start<\/strong> button and selecting Settings<\/strong> option. You can also use the “Windows + I” hotkey.\n

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      2. On the Settings page, click the Accounts<\/strong> option.\n

        <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      3. After that, select Family & other users<\/strong> option available on the left side of Accounts menu.<\/li>\n
      4. Click on the Microsoft account that you wish to delete, and then from the available options that open below, click on Remove<\/strong> button.\n

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

      5. When the confirmation dialog box appears, click on “Delete account and data<\/strong>” button for deleting the currently selected Microsoft account.\n

        \"delete-ms-account-data\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Microsoft Account is an email address and password which could be used to sign in your Windows 10 PC. If you no longer want to use a Microsoft account with Windows, you can either switch back to a local account or remove it from Windows sign-in option. In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 simple […]<\/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":[2620,2623,2617,2621,2622],"class_list":["post-6472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-delete-windows-10-microsoft-account","tag-remove-microsoft-account-from-windows-10","tag-remove-windows-10-account","tag-remove-windows-10-microsoft-account","tag-turn-off-windows-10-microsoft-account"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6472","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=6472"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6481,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6472\/revisions\/6481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}