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Delete a microsoft account on a device

I want to sign out this account (the red thing)

There used to be nothing at that red place but now I can't figure how to sign out or delete that account from my computer.

Help me please


Hi there!

I'm Louie, a Microsoft Community member and a fellow Windows 10 user like you. Hope you're doing well and safe there.
Try the following steps to delete a user account from the Control Panel.

1. Right click on the Stat button and select the Control Panel.
2. Click on the User Accounts and Click on the Manage another account link.
3. If prompted by UAC, click on Yes.
4. Click on a user account which you want to delete.
5. Click on the Delete the account link.
6. Click on Delete Files or Keep Files for what you want to do with the user account's personal files.
7. Click on Delete Account to confirm.
8. When finished, you can close the Control Panel if you like.

Note: You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to delete a user account. You will not be able to delete a user account that is currently signed in. You will need to sign out the user first. Be sure to always have at least one enabled administrator account on the PC to avoid not being able to perform actions that require administrator rights.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Louie

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Hello User_967, 

If you are wanting to switch this Microsoft account to be a local account, you can use the method in the tutorial below to do so.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5374-switch-local-account-windows-10-a.html

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but there isn't the microsoft account I want to delete in the user accounts

and i want to delete the microsoft account and just go for a local account

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Thanks but there isn't the "sign in with a local instead" option 

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Hello there!
In that case you may follow the steps provided on this link:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-ph/help/455876...

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Louie

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Click on the "Verify" link to follow the steps to verify your Microsoft account on this computer. 

Afterwards, see if you will have the Sign in with a local account instead link available to use.

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Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏

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But even when i have verified, that Sign in with a local account instead link doesn't appear :(

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I see the problem now that I notice the name of the account is Administrator. 

This is the built-in "Administrator" account that was switched to a Microsoft account. This was most likely done when adding the Microsoft account for an app (ex: Mail), and not selecting to add to app only and was allowed to switch the account instead.

You can delete the current profile of this Administrator account using both option 2 in the tutorial below to remove your Microsoft account from it, and restart the computer afterwards. It may take a bit to see the desktop afterwards. Sometimes more than one restart.

The SID key for the Administrator account under the ProfileList key will be the one ending in 500.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/69127-delete-user-profile-windows-10-a.html

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