Windows 10: One Drive Sign In showing wrong email.

Discus and support One Drive Sign In showing wrong email. in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; On my PC it says I'm not signed into my one drive but when I try to sign in the only option it has for emails is my dad's email, I've signed in through... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Vee T, Aug 31, 2023.

  1. Vee T Win User

    One Drive Sign In showing wrong email.


    On my PC it says I'm not signed into my one drive but when I try to sign in the only option it has for emails is my dad's email, I've signed in through my PCs settings into my Microsoft account. Before I signed into the PC with my account my dad was signed into the PC his email has been removed from the PC through settings, so I don't know wats causing his email to show up instead of mine.

    :)
     
    Vee T, Aug 31, 2023
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  2. mrgeek Win User

    My sign-in email is inextricably linked to the wrong account.



    What you're experiencing is that the aol is your Windows device alias, which is separate from your Outlook acct which is for MS services but can also serve as your device id. If you bought a 2nd PC, at setup, you could add your Outlook email as the alias and the new PC would be added to your list of devices (see top tab in your post 5 screenshot). I have 6 devices listed which are mine and ones that I support for others. But if you tried to use the aol address, you'd go thru all the steps, all over, that you did with the first PC.

    In the screenshot in post 5, is the 2nd blacked out box simply your name w/no email? Also, when you click 'Add email' under that, do you get this screen? and can you add your existing outlook address? (see post end)-

    if you can, then go back and click 'remove' next to aol primary alias and you should be set. If not, take a hammer to this- go to Settings/Accounts/Your info/Manage my MS account which will open a web page like this-

    One Drive Sign In showing wrong email. 341027d1626791981t-my-sign-email-inextricably-linked-wrong-account-screenshot_2.jpg

    is the @ under your picture in upper-L aol or outlook? Then go to Device list, click your computer, on next page under 'Manage' click remove computer. That should kill the aol alias once and for all. You should now be able to sign in with outlook address as primary alias for your PC, as the 2nd name w/o email indicates you set up a Local account at some point.
     
    mrgeek, Aug 31, 2023
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  3. mdv88keys Win User
    My sign-in email is inextricably linked to the wrong account.

    Thanks again. I went to: Change the email address or phone number for your Microsoft account/Manage how you sign in to Microsoft

    This didn't work. The screen capture above is when I entered the Outlook information accidentally . When I enter the AOL information like you said to (I missed that the first time), I still get:

    One Drive Sign In showing wrong email. 340887d1626654061t-my-sign-email-inextricably-linked-wrong-account-your-info-windows-try-1.jpg


    There's no Outlook option shown or given, and when I try to add another email (the Outlook email) it just tells me that that email is all ready taken, and doesn't do anything. The Sign-in Preferences doesn't help, it doesn't list the Outlook account as actually being there. It just shows the AOL address, and then the name of the AOL address without the @ information.

    I must be missing something. Sorry!

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    Is this possibly because I do have the Outlook account on my computer and there is no way to move aliases from one Microsoft account to another?
     
    mdv88keys, Aug 31, 2023
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  4. One Drive Sign In showing wrong email.

    Upgraded to Win10, wrong email listed at sign in


    I should be more clear. When he boots up, he can't sign into Windows as the account listed is to a yahoo email address that doesn't exist, and none of his common p passwords will let him sign into Windows. We're hoping for a way to sign into Windows without that account.
     
    thegh0st81, Aug 31, 2023
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