Windows 10: Microsoft Account Deletion/Disconnection

Hi-I continue to receive emails that my account may be deleted or disconnected or I will not receive any additional emails unless I click on a link to "verify" the account. Is there a fraud department that I should forward this to?

Thank you,

Jennifer Hummel

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How to Disconnect Microsoft account

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

As per the description we understand that you want remove the Microsoft account in your laptop. Please correct if its wrong. Let me assist you with this.

To guide you in the right direction, I need more information from the computer by answering the following questions:

• When you say, delete my Microsoft Account do you wish to switch to Local account from Microsoft account?
• Do you wish to delete the any other accounts which has been added?

We cannot delete Microsoft account when we have logged in to the system. However we can switch to Local account from MS account.

I suggest you to follow the steps on how to switch from Microsoft account to Local account:

• 
  Click on search in taskbar and type account.
  
• 
  Click on Accounts.
  
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  Now, under Your account, click on Sign in with Local account instead.
  
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  Enter your Microsoft account password for confirmation and then follow the screen instruction.
  
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  Enter User name credentials for your the Local account and click OK.
  
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  Now, login to Local account.
  

Please do get back to us with the answers to assist you better with issue you are facing.

 

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:

 

Deleted account keeps reappearing

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Is it still appearing no matter how you try to delete? I suggest you to follow the steps below to remove user account from your computer, and check if it helps. Try the ones you’re comfortable with.

Step 1: Steps to Remove a User Account in Settings

• 
  Press Windows
  key, click on Settings.
  
• 
  Click on Account, click on
  Family and other users.
  
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  Select the user you want to delete under
  Other users and click on Remove.
  
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  Accept the UAC (User Account Control) prompt.
  
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  Select Delete account and data if you wish to delete account and the data and follow onscreen instructions.
  

Step 2: Steps to Delete a User Account in Command Prompt

• 
  Press Windows + X keys from the keyboard, select
  Command Prompt (Admin).
  
• 
  Type net user and hit Enter
  to list the user accounts on your device.
  
• 
  Type net user "User account”
  /delete and hit Enter to delete the user account.
  

Step 3: Steps to Delete a User Account in Run command.

• 
  Press Windows + R and type netplwiz, press
  Enter.
  
• 
  Select the User account, click on the
  Remove button.
  

Regards.