Windows 10: I have too many users and accounts and no storage space

a lot of the storage is consumed by media, but also because my hard drive was duplicated several times. I have my recovery key, can I reset my laptop and start from scratch?Or will recovery key bring all the data and accounts I tried to get rid of?

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Reclaim storage space after user account deleted - Windows 10

Hi Kim,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community and being a part of Windows 10.

I understand your concern about storage space on your device used by another user. We will help you with this issue.

As you have not deleted the user account along with the content this issue might have occurred.

Do let us know the following to assist you better with this issue:

• Do you wish to save the deleted account files/ folders on your device?
• Where exactly are you looking for the disk space on your device?

You will have to copy the deleted user account information into the existing user account.

To do so, follow the below steps:

You can log-in with the existing account (Make sure it is an administrator account), try to access
This PC and copy the contents from the old user account to a newly created user account.

Steps:

• Press Windows + E, click on
  This PC in the left pane.
• Double click on C: drive (Usually where the operating system is being installed)
• Double click on Users and older user profile folder.
  
• Copy all the content from that user profile to the newly created user profile.
• Once you copy the content try to delete the folders of previous account.

To reduce the disk space on your device refer to the Microsoft help article:
Free up drive space on your PC and check if it helps.

Hope it helps. Get back to us with an updated status of this issue and required information for further assistance.

 

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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: