Windows 10: How do I consolidate user accounts into one?

Discus and support How do I consolidate user accounts into one? in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I have multiple user accounts on my Windows 10 machine but they are all me, created when problems arouse at login. How do I consolidate these into one... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by BlytheP, Oct 16, 2020.

  1. BlytheP Win User

    How do I consolidate user accounts into one?


    I have multiple user accounts on my Windows 10 machine but they are all me, created when problems arouse at login. How do I consolidate these into one user account? Will I lose files if I delete them?

    :)
     
    BlytheP, Oct 16, 2020
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  2. Vesao Win User

    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:
     
    Vesao, Oct 16, 2020
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  3. DeaconR Win User
    Need to consolidate accounts

    Somehow I ended up with two Office 365 accounts - one under my email address and one under my wife's. I would like to consolidate both under my account. But when I try to uninstall Office on her desktop and reinstall, it logs into her account which has
    expired. I can't get it to install under my account as an additional user.
     
    DeaconR, Oct 16, 2020
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  4. MSGator Win User

    How do I consolidate user accounts into one?

    Consolidate User Accts & Files Under One User Account

    - I asked this question about 2 weeks ago & got a great answer but before I could do the instructions I lost were the answer is. If there is a way to find this answer please let me know.

    - I have multiple user names/accounts and files associated with each of these. I want to consolidate all of this under one user name/account. Even though I have shared the user accounts I still can only access files from each account separately. I want only
    one active user account on my computer - I'm the only user. I also want all of MS Office 365 cloud storage to be under this one account so I can get the 1T of storage in one place.

    - I also had a computer crash a while back and only had one account at the time. My user name (as shown as the owner of files in properties) got truncated to a 5 character name.

    EX: Was xxxyyyyyyy. Now: xxxyy.

    - The answer I got from this MS Community MVP told me Windows truncates the name to 5 characters but there was a way to fix this too. I know need to fix this too, but I believe it will be taken care of when I consolidate all files under one user name.

    - I apologize for having to ask this again. It was such a terrific answer and the responder deserves to be thanked for this - but I can't find my previous response to do that.

    - Please help - I need to get this mess straightened out before I do so much more "damage" adding files and folders as I work.

    Thanks, ADB
     
    MSGator, Oct 16, 2020
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