Windows 10: Removing PC from Microsoft Account after selling it

Hi

I have sold my PC to someone else but didnt have time to do a reinstall of Windows. Just wondering what will happen if i now remove the PC from my Microsoft Account. Will it mess with his computer?


Ideally I would have fully wiped the PC and reinstalled windows bedore selling but due to time pressure and some issues with reinstalling Windows I ended up deleting all data, apps and browsers, signing out of everything and later changing all my passwords. However the computer still had my email and microsoft account as the main account. I advised the new owner to set up his own microsoft account and make that the administrator. There are no passwords to get in to the computer but it does/did ask for a password if you try to log in to my microsoft account on it.


I dont want this computer linked to my account but a bit worried that if I remove it, he will encounter problems with Windows on his PC. Or will it just let him set up his own MS account which he has hopefully done already?


if there is going to be a problem i will have to contact him to sort it out but i would rather not.


thanks

:)

 

Remove account

I suggest you backup your personalized files first before removing the account.
To delete an account, follow these steps:

1. Press WIN + X keys and click Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu.
2. Type the following command and press Enter. Replace test with the name of your sister's account. Code:

 

Selling Laptop - How To Remove My Account?

As the thread title suggests, I am in the process of selling my laptop and need to remove my account before sending it off to the new buyer.

I thought all I needed to set up a new admin account, log in to that and delete my account from there but the account set up (for the new admin account) keeps asking for an email address or phone number.

Any suggestions on how to do this would be appreciated

 

Resetting a PC to sell on


Am thinking of selling on my laptop - what is the best approach to getting it ready for that - should I reset the PC under the settings / options? Obviously I will not keep to choose any personal files and I will make sure our office 365 currently installed on it is uninstalled and removed before selling on. Presumably that option to 'reset this pc' will return it to how it was when I turned it on the first time having been delivered from the manufacturer?

Once reset, what happens to the laptop which is listed under 'Devices' if I view my Microsoft account in a browser. At the moment I see my current desktop and this laptop listed under devices. Will it automatically dis-associate itself from my account and disappear from this list or will I need to remove it? We have a family account setup, so the laptop also currently shows under 'devices' my wife's account and my son's child account. Will these also disappear? Basically once sold I do not want any trace of the laptop on our Microsoft accounts. Presumably there will be no unforeseen knock on effect for our MS accounts on our desktop which will be keeping.

Thanks,
Wayne