How to Delete User Accounts in Windows 10

Last Updated: May 22, 2021 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to remove a user account from your Windows PC. As long as you are signed in to your PC with an administrator-level account, you will be able to remove any user accounts on the PC. Removing a user account will delete all of that user's data from your PC.

Steps

1
Open your Windows Settings
. You can press the Windows key and i simultaneously, or click the Windows Start menu and click the gear icon.
2
Click Accounts. This icon looks like a silhouette of a person and says "Your accounts, email, sync, work, family."

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3
Click Family & other users. You'll see this in the vertical menu on the left side of the window.
- If you're using a work or school PC, you may have to select Other users or Other people instead.^{[1]
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4
Click the person you want to delete. You'll see more options appear for that user.
- If you see "Local account" below the user name, this account only exists on the current PC. If not, it's a Microsoft account, which means that while you're removing the account from your PC, that user will still be able to log into other Microsoft services like Outlook.com and Office Online.
5
Click Remove. A confirmation message will appear, letting you know that all of that user's data will be removed from the PC if you continue.
6
Click Delete account and data. This removes all of the user's data from the PC.