Windows 10: Extra user accounts on my PC?

When looking through the users on my PC, there's Administrator, Default (hidden folder in file explorer), Public, and the one labeled my name (also an admin account).

I think the Default and Public users are just there by default, but the Administrator account might be an extra user I made by mistake. Can someone confirm that it's just an extra, and let me know how to remove it from my PC? Thanks

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Phantom Account or extra user account is getting generated in Windows 10 while giving administrative privilege to a user account.

Hi Ron,



Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.



I understand that you are facing issues with Windows 10. I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.

The issue could occur if there is change in user settings.

To assist you better, please provide us the below information:

• Have you made any changes to the computer prior to the issue?
• When you say that "The two accounts, myself and Victor’s, were also there", is the victor's user account a Local Account or Microsoft Account?

Refer to the below steps and check if it helps.

Step 1: I suggest you to try to check for the phantom account by logging in as Administrator account and then try to remove the extra account.

1. Click on Search bar.

2. Then click on "User Accounts" without the quotes in the search bar and click on it.

3. Click on Manage another account.

4. Check if extra account is present or not. Then try to delete it.

Step 2: Try to perform below steps to disable user login screen and to login without entering the user name and password.

1. Click on Search bar.

2. Type "Power Options" without the quotes in the search bar and click on it.

3. Then click on Require a password on a wakeup.

4. Click on Change settings that currently unavailable.

5. Click on Don't require a password.

6. Click on Save changes.

Reply to us with the information, so that we can assist you better.

Let us know if you need any further assistance on Windows related issues and we will be glad to help.

 

My admin account switched to a user account!

The first of the many diagrams in this thread show that the link Sign in with a local account instead is displayed for the account that is currently logged on and so the reversion procedure might work for this account. For normal circumstances, that would initiate the conversion back to a local account for the user account currently logged in - see my 23rd & 26th September 2016 posts in revert to local account from one converted to MSAccount. I have no way of knowing how Windows will react to an attempt to use this procedure for the Built-In Admin account and I do not know if that link Sign in with a local account instead will be displayed or not.

I think I side-stepped this issue by suggesting that that

• An extra password-protected Admin level account is created, and
• The Built-In Admin is disabled, and
• The recovery attempt focuses on whichever existing user account remains active afterwards.

Personally, I would reinstall Windows 10 without even attempting this recovery. Installation takes very little effort once everything is backed up and the only necessary user interactions are right at the start & right at the end so it can be initiated before making a pot of tea. It took about 30, 60 & 90 minutes for each of my computers [the 30 minuter is 6 months old, the 60 minuter is 7 years old, 90 minuter is 12 years old].

Raner - I am trying to avoid sounding like I am nagging you into doing a clean install.

• Once you have recovered the existing user account you can attempt to re-enable & remove the MSAccount link from your Built-In Admin if that link appears in Settings, Accounts.
• Bree says it cannot be done and I think the same but I have never tried - I have never been able to get to Settings using the Built-In Admin because it cannot run any Windows 10 Apps so I do not know how it can be done [but the diagrams in Bree's link shows that those users got there].
• Even though I have the safety of having created two spare password-protected Admin accounts I would not want to know that my Built-In Admin was sitting in the background but unable to help me if my other accounts were corrupted.

Denis

 

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: