{"id":4177,"date":"2016-10-18T08:51:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T08:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=4177"},"modified":"2023-04-13T09:56:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T09:56:04","slug":"switch-to-local-account-or-microsoft-account-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/switch-to-local-account-or-microsoft-account-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch to Login with Local Account or Microsoft Account in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As is known, both local account and Microsoft account can be created or added for Windows 10 logon. But it doesn&#8217;t mean you can use one of them just at will. For example, suppose you are logining into computer with local\u00a0account, but want to login with Microsoft account instead, you would need to follow some steps to change the login user account. No matter what you are using is Windows PC, laptop or tablet, it is necessary to learn to <strong>switch\u00a0login account between local account and Microsoft account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#section1\">Switch to login with local account in Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#section2\">Sign in with Microsoft account instead of local account<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"section1\">Section 1: Switch to login with local account in Windows 10<\/h2>\n<p>When you sign in Windows 10 with Microsoft account, how to switch to log in with local account?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Go to <strong>Start &gt; Settings &gt; Accounts &gt; Your account<\/strong> in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Click the link &#8220;<strong>Sign in with a local account instead<\/strong>&#8221; under login account, Microsoft account.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/choose-to-sign-in-with-a-local-account.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4184 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/choose-to-sign-in-with-a-local-account.png\" alt=\"choose to sign in with local account instead\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/choose-to-sign-in-with-a-local-account.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/choose-to-sign-in-with-a-local-account-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> On pop-up dialog &#8220;<strong>Switch to a local account<\/strong>&#8220;, enter current login account password. And click <strong>Next<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-current-microsoft-account-password.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"597\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4185 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-current-microsoft-account-password.png\" alt=\"enter current Microsoft account password\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-current-microsoft-account-password.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-current-microsoft-account-password-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-current-microsoft-account-password-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-current-microsoft-account-password-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Then enter the local account information that you will want\u00a0to sign in Windows 10. Click Next.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-local-account-information.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"595\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4186 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-local-account-information.png\" alt=\"enter local account information\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-local-account-information.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-local-account-information-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-local-account-information-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-local-account-information-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong> Click <strong>Sign out and finish<\/strong> button to close the dialog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-out-microsoft-account-and-finish.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4187\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"597\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4187 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-out-microsoft-account-and-finish.png\" alt=\"sign out Microsoft account and finish switching to local account\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-out-microsoft-account-and-finish.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-out-microsoft-account-and-finish-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-out-microsoft-account-and-finish-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sign-out-microsoft-account-and-finish-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And you would\u00a0successfully log in Windows 10 with local account you just set.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/successfully-switch-to-login-with-local-account.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4188\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4188 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/successfully-switch-to-login-with-local-account.png\" alt=\"successfully switch to login with local account\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/successfully-switch-to-login-with-local-account.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/successfully-switch-to-login-with-local-account-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"section2\">Section 2: Sign in with Microsoft account instead of local account in Windows 10<\/h2>\n<p>While you access Windows 10 computer with local account, how can you switch login user from local account to Microsoft account?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Similarly, navigate to <strong>Your account<\/strong> tab in <strong>Settings &gt; Accounts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Click the link &#8220;<strong>Sign in with a Microsoft account instead<\/strong>&#8221; under login user.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/choose-to-sign-in-with-microsoft-account.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4189\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4189 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/choose-to-sign-in-with-microsoft-account.png\" alt=\"choose to sign in with Microsoft account instead\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/choose-to-sign-in-with-microsoft-account.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/choose-to-sign-in-with-microsoft-account-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Enter the Microsoft account and password you want to sign in Windows 10 with. Click <strong>Sign in<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-microsoft-account-and-password.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"581\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4190 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-microsoft-account-and-password.png\" alt=\"enter Microsoft account and password to sign in\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-microsoft-account-and-password.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/enter-microsoft-account-and-password-300x291.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instantly, you would successfully change the login account from local account to Microsoft account in Windows 10. 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