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  1. Z3roHour Win User

    What would happen if you deleted your Microsoft account and it is the only Microsoft...


    Would it prompt you to set up a local account? or prompt you to sign up/log in to another Microsoft account or would some sort of error occur? I am curious.

    :)
     
    Z3roHour, Aug 8, 2020
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  2. Deleting Microsoft account

    Hi Gene,



    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



    We understand your concern. However, the prompt might be because as you have mentioned that you have not logged in to the account for long period and we would need some information regarding the issue.



    1. Could you please let us know where exactly you are getting the error message?
    2. Are you using Microsoft or local account to login to Windows?
    3. If Microsoft account, may I know which Microsoft account are you using to login to Windows

    Meanwhile, we would suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below to unlink your Microsoft business account from Gmail Microsoft account (If Microsoft Business account is linked to Gmail account).



    1. Log on to primary
      Microsoft account
      (Gmail).
    2. Go to Your Info > Contact Info.
    3. Click on Manage email address.
    4. Then try removing secondary account.

    If you are trying to remove the account from the device, we would suggest you to refer

    To close your account
    under the section
    To remove an email account
    and To remove an account used by apps and check if it helps.





    Regards.
     
    Manjunath_H, Aug 8, 2020
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  3. sam02 Win User
    App store and Microsoft account


    Thank you for the advice

    I see what you mean about the password but i think its a backward step to compromise my Microsoft password to to use the app store
     
    sam02, Aug 8, 2020
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  4. No Tendo Win User

    What would happen if you deleted your Microsoft account and it is the only Microsoft...

    What happens when you remove a PC from your microsoft account remotely?

    I just want to know, what happens when you remove a PC from your Microsoft Account remotely using

    https://account.microsoft.com/devices


    I can't find any documentation anywhere beyond how to remove the device, how to wipe the device and how to locate the device. Nothing about what happens to the device after it has been removed from the account remotely via

    https://account.microsoft.com/devices


    I'm also curious about:

    • What happens if it's the only account on the PC and a local account was never set up on firstboot?
    • What happens if the removed account is the Admin account and other accounts are local Standard User accounts?
     
    No Tendo, Aug 8, 2020
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