how to remove microsoft account from windows 10

Hi Vinayak,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

To remove Microsoft account from the mail app click on the link below: (also applicable for Windows 10)

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/remove-account

To remove Microsoft user account follow the steps below:

NOTE: It is always recommended you keep a backup of all your data and the go ahead with the process.

1. Type User Accounts in the search bar and click Enter.

2. Click on Manage another account.

3. Click on the User account you wish to delete.

4. Click on the Delete the account.

5. In the prompt you can either click on keep files (which will keep a back up of all your files) or delete files (which will delete all the files associated with this account).

6. Click on Delete Account.

7. Close Control Panel.

Hope this helps. Please respond if you have further related queries.

Regards,

Jesinta Rozario

I've completed the above steps, however when I try to link my local (domain account) to my Microsoft account I receive a message "John Doe is already here"  (I substituted John Doe for my real name).

Any suggestions.

I've completed the above steps, however when I try to link my local (domain account) to my Microsoft account I receive a message "John Doe is already here"  (I substituted John Doe for my real name).

Any suggestions.

open regedit.exe and delete the johndoe key from the following location:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\StoredIdentities

Do I just right click on the "johndoe" key and delete it along with all its info?

Do I just right click on the "johndoe" key and delete it along with all its info?

ATSquared,

Thanks for your help This thread was very useful.

I see all of the other fixes,, but none solve the root issue. How do I remove the Microsoft Account login from the one and only administrator account?

What I did was after joining my computer to the domain, I made sure my domain account was a local admin. I then created a new local user as an administrator. I deleted the original local account which was tied to my Microsoft account. At that point I had to perform the steps in EvilVirus's response, before I could link my Microsoft account to my domain account on the computer.

The last two steps were done in Settings - Accounts.

You should log on as the new local user before deleting the other account just to be safe.

Hope that helps.

This does not work in windows 10

no user delete option

I want to remove to email login

its my primary login on my computer, has messed up all my network login's

how do I delete this ridiculous login

undo Microsoft account

help