As you know, in all the latest and relatively obsolete versions of Windows on one computer, you can create not one but several user profiles, each of which corresponds to a registration, called an account. Quite often, unused accounts need to be deleted if you really do not need it. In addition, a separate category can be divided into questions about the removal of "uchetok" Microsoft. Why all this is necessary and what methods are suitable for all users without exception, will be further considered.
Why might you need to delete your account in Windows 10?
To begin with, most often you have to get rid of local accounts that you could create either for your family members or when working with office terminals when your colleague, say, quit his job or is no longer using your computer. The constant appearance of the login window in which you need to enter passwords is incredibly annoying. In addition, if you have a Microsoft registration, sometimes it is unnecessary. Yes, indeed, when reinstalling the system, searching for applications in the "Store" or when restoring access to a blocked OS, it may be required, but as it turns out, such registration is stored in the system, as many people think, unnecessarily. Removing an account of this type in Windows 10 is a big question. By and large, this is not worth doing (you never know when it can come in handy), but you can hide it in order not to use it at all. At least this option seems to be the most acceptable.
Removing registration through the “Control Panel”: standard method
First, we’ll give a standard methodology, which, according to many experts, is the simplest and is suitable for all users who are not particularly versed in the system settings. In Windows 10, deleting a local account can be done through the corresponding section of the Control Panel. It is better to call the panel through the "Run" (Win + R) console by entering the control command , since this method is the fastest.
Immediately, we note that all further actions can be performed only if your registration is administrative, that is, has the maximum rights to change the system configuration.
After entering the section, simply select the control point for another account, mark the one you want to delete, then mark the delete item and confirm the action. The system will offer to delete the registration completely or with saving the files attached to it. Here - at will. If information is not needed, delete everything completely. Otherwise, do not forget that after deleting the local account, you can view files only through the Users directory located in the root of the system partition.
How to remove passwords for logging in and out of sleep?
If you don’t need to delete your account in Windows 10 yet, but you need to automate logging in or get rid of the password request when you exit hibernation, you can use the registry settings (setting the value “1” for the AutoAdminLogon parameter), setting up group policies or advanced power scheme options, etc.
But a simpler method (which, however, does not always work at all) can be called disabling the password entry requirement when calling the appropriate settings from the Run console using the abbreviations netplwiz or control userpassword2, where you need to uncheck the required item at the top.
Removing an account password in Windows 10 can be done by changing the combination in the "account" management, leaving the fields for entering and confirming a new password blank.
To automate login, you can use the program Autologon for Windows, created by Microsoft. In it, as in the case of the standard tool, you need to enter the current combination, but then click the Enable button , after which the system will simply remember the selected user and password, and will not require it at boot time.
Additional technique
But if the password request option is active, you can also delete the Windows 10 account in the same window using another method.
Select the unnecessary user, click the delete button at the bottom, and then, as in the previous case, make a choice about deleting the files associated with the account. The most interesting thing is that in the described section of the "Control Panel" the guest "account" may not be displayed, but here it is.
Actions with local "accounts" on the command line
Also in Windows 10, account deletion can be performed from the command line, which must be started on behalf of the administrator, for which it is easiest to use the PCM menu on the start button.
First enter the net user command to view all registered accounts. After that, enter the combination net user NAME / delete, where instead of NAME, enter the username under which the initial registration was performed (it will be shown in the list).
Removing accounts through system settings
In principle, almost the same actions can be performed in the corresponding section when it is called up via the options menu, which is an analogue of the standard “Control Panel” with advanced features.
Here you can either use the actions provided in the paragraph “Family and other people”, or get rid of your own registered accounts tied to other programs and services (including the registration of Microsoft) in the menu of email addresses and application credentials.
Hiding and deleting a Microsoft account in Windows 10
To delete a "Microsoft" account, simply click on the record itself, and then use the delete button, then confirm the action.
However, as already mentioned above, getting rid of this “accounting” is not always advisable.
If you have activated the login to the system under such an account, in the personal data section, switch to the local account. Please note that when you deactivate Microsoft registration, the synchronization of your files with cloud services is automatically disabled, which in the future will not allow them to be quickly restored in the event of damage, deletion or reinstalling the OS, and some programs may be very important, and reinstalling them may require quite a lot of time.
Epilogue
If you don’t want to delete existing accounts, but don’t want anyone to change the system settings, install or uninstall programs without your knowledge, better increase the level of UAC control, set restrictions for a specific account, change the type of “required” account to regular or exclude it from the administrators group.
Deleting a Windows 10 administrator account can be done only after creating a new account with equal rights, for example, when adding an entry through the "Control Panel" or by increasing the privileges of an existing registration. This is useful if, for example, you cannot log in due to a password loss. But for the initial login and follow-up you can use the safe mode.