Windows 10: How can I remove my email address from a local account?

Hello, I have a Windows 11 laptop. I logged into the email I use for forza horizon on the xbox app, and unfortunately the email it now associated with my user on the PC. My user is a local account. How can I remove the email address? Thank you.

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I need to remove an email address listed in "Email and Accounts" in the Settings.

I had a local admin account on this pc. Somehow my son's account has been attached to my admin account. In settings under "My Info" it showed his email address.

I was able to get that removed, I believe I had to delete it from the registry. I am again listed as a local account. However his email address is still listed under the "Email and Accounts" and it is apparently the primary email. There are other apps
that are reading it as primary no matter how many times I sign out of them.

I have another email listed on the same screen but it won't allow me to make it primary. How can I remove the other Microsoft email address?

Thank you.

 

Unauthorized Emails from my account?

It is more than likely that your email account was hacked, either by a virus sniffing your password, or just simply hacked.

Either way, change your password on your email account. Unfortunately the damage by already be done. They already have your contact list and your email address associated with that contact list. There is nothing stopping them from sending out emails using their own SMTP servers to everyone on your contact list and claiming the emails are from your email address. They don't actually have to have access to your yahoo account or even any yahoo server to send emails to people that come from your address.

 

Removing Default email address from Email & Apps accounts

Hi Stefan,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand your concern. Ideally, the first email address used in a user account will be considered as default. When you add multiple email address to the account for different apps, they can be removed as it is a secondary email address. However,
you will not be able to remove default email address, so you are getting an option to remove for the secondary email address.



The work around for this issue would be creating new user account. So we would suggest you refer

Create a local user or administrator account in Windows 10 and create new user account, then try using email address which you prefer to configure for every settings and apps. Alternatively, you can create a new Microsoft
Account instead of a local account.





Regards.