Windows 10: How do I remove a disabled account on Windows 10

Hi there,


Exactly as Sam van Tiel encountered I can't remove an account I used for a past job. Thing is the company disabled this account because I'm not working with them anymore. So I can't login to this account to delete it from the Settings. This account was used in Office 365, so I've removed it from my PowerPoint/Word clients, but it remains in Windows Settings. And each time I start a new session, Windows reminds me there is an error here which needs to be fixed... Yes, I know :-/





Since I'm admin of this computer, do you guys know any way to remove it? regedit, PowerShell, anything..


Thanks for reading!

:)

 

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:

 

Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

Look at this thread,How to Delete a User Account in Windows 10, it may help. You can try the various methods.
Make sure you are using an administrative account when removing the account or log on using the Administrator's account.

Or, if you are patient and know what you are doing, manually remove it.

Either way, Goodluck.

 

Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown