Windows 10: How to unlink a product key from the Microsoft account

Hi folks,


I have bought a PC that came without an OS and a copy of Windows license separately.

At some point I have read that to help ease activation process when changing hardware and reinstalling it is preferable to link a product key to the Microsoft account, and so I did.


Now, I would like to unlink the key and delete my Microsoft account (for privacy reasons), but I want to keep activating and using the license with my PC, and move it to a new hardware in case of an upgrade, so I can use Windows with local accounts and avoid touching a Microsoft account.


How can I achieve this? Thanks in advance.


Cheers,

Garry

:)

 

unlink email accounts

Hi, There are several methods or steps we can utilize to achieve your objective of unlinking your emails account with removing them. Before proceed with the different steps available, we need to further clarify on what applications or where on Windows
10 you would like to unlink the email accounts. For us to resolve your concern, kindly answer the questions below:

• The email account you wanted to unlink, is this a Microsoft account, an Outlook.com account or a third party email account?
• Where are you attempting to unlink your email account, is it on an email client you have on your desktop computer?
• If you are using an email client, are you using the Outlook desktop application or a third party email client?
• Are you pertaining to unlinking your email account from Windows 10 as a sign in option?

We look forward to your response to our queries.

 

How do I unlink my Microsoft Account from Local Accunt?

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I would suggest you to follow the methods given below and check.

• What do you mean when you say "How do I unlink my Microsoft account from Local account in Windows 10?
  " ?

Microsoft account and local account are two different things.

I would suggest you to create another local account and check.

• Press windows key + X key and select Control panel.
• In Control panel select User Account.
• In user Account Click on Manage another account.
• Click on Add a new user in PC settings.
• Click Add someone else to this PC.
• Click on The person I want add doesn't have an email address.

Hope this helps, if you need further assistance on Windows let us know we will be glad to help.

 

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:
   
   Code:

   net user test /del