Windows 10: help needed please, cannot delete a user account

Discus and support help needed please, cannot delete a user account in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; i have purchased a new laptop for my 10 yr old daughter. I signed in to my microsoft account and set my daughter as a family member so i can safeguard... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by gavcav, Mar 24, 2022.

  1. gavcav Win User

    help needed please, cannot delete a user account


    i have purchased a new laptop for my 10 yr old daughter. I signed in to my microsoft account and set my daughter as a family member so i can safeguard her usage.I messed around with the settings as i saw her account was shown as a local account and i wanted her to have access to the suite of microsoft apps so created her a microsoft account of her own, logged her in and set as admin. i then reversed this and had myself as admin and my daughter as a standard user.Now when i open windows 11, i have 3 user accounts showing. one for myself and 2 for my daughter. mine and one of my daughters have o

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    gavcav, Mar 24, 2022
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  2. kenkickr Win User

    Deleting User Accounts

    If you can access the admin account through safe mode then all you have to do to remove the other account passwords is go into User Accounts in the control panel and either delete the accounts or, I'm not sure, remove the account passwords.
     
    kenkickr, Mar 24, 2022
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  3. Facebook Allows Users to Delete Accounts

    Yes, for quite some time, once you had a Facebook account, it wasn't going anywhere. Now, fortunately for college students and people with no attention span everywhere, Facebook now allows said people to delete their Facebook accounts. This was in direct response to user complaints about not being able to delete their accounts, if desired. Even if users were able to delete their own accounts, there were no obvious directions on how to do that. Another reason that Facebook decided to allow users to delete their accounts was a reason that could have gotten Facebook sued if they did not address it: privacy. The "I didn't actually make a Facebook" E-mails were really racking up in Facebook's inbox, and Facebook sometimes made it all too easy for people to research intimate/private/personal details of users' lives. At this point, deleting your account is just a help-page away. Facebook admins are considering adding a "delete account" button.

    Source: The Inquirer
     
    zekrahminator, Mar 24, 2022
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  4. help needed please, cannot delete a user account

    Deleted account keeps reappearing

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

    Is it still appearing no matter how you try to delete? I suggest you to follow the steps below to remove user account from your computer, and check if it helps. Try the ones you’re comfortable with.

    Step 1: Steps to Remove a User Account in Settings


    • Press Windows
      key, click on Settings.

    • Click on Account, click on
      Family and other users.

    • Select the user you want to delete under
      Other users and click on Remove.

    • Accept the UAC (User Account Control) prompt.

    • Select Delete account and data if you wish to delete account and the data and follow onscreen instructions.

    Step 2: Steps to Delete a User Account in Command Prompt


    • Press Windows + X keys from the keyboard, select
      Command Prompt (Admin).

    • Type net user and hit Enter
      to list the user accounts on your device.

    • Type net user "User account”
      /delete and hit Enter to delete the user account.

    Step 3: Steps to Delete a User Account in Run command.


    • Press Windows + R and type netplwiz, press
      Enter.

    • Select the User account, click on the
      Remove
      button.
    Regards.
     
    SujataMoktan, Mar 24, 2022
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