{"id":4198,"date":"2016-10-18T10:06:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T10:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=4198"},"modified":"2023-04-13T09:55:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T09:55:31","slug":"delete-account-and-data-from-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/delete-account-and-data-from-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete Account and Data from Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If there is one account you don&#8217;t need any longer in Windows 10, and you prepare to delete related data about it, you could choose to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/delete-account-and-data-from-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">delete account and data<\/a> at once from Windows 10. Just like the article talks about, the operation applies to <strong>Windows 10 local account and Microsoft account deletion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Open <strong>Settings<\/strong> from Windows 10 <strong>Start<\/strong>, and select <strong>Accounts<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/open-windows-10-settings-from-start.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4202\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"181\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4202 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/open-windows-10-settings-from-start.png\" alt=\"open windows 10 settings from Start\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/open-windows-10-settings-from-start.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/open-windows-10-settings-from-start-300x91.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/choose-to-change-account-settings.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4203\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4203 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/choose-to-change-account-settings.png\" alt=\"choose to change account settings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/choose-to-change-account-settings.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/choose-to-change-account-settings-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Choose\u00a0<strong>Family &amp; other users<\/strong>\u00a0in <strong>Accounts<\/strong> window and at the right side, click the account you want to delete and remove data. There are\u00a0two options, <strong>Change account type<\/strong> and <strong>Remove<\/strong>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Just Now we want to delete\u00a0the account and related data, so we click <strong>Remove<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/click-the-unwanted-account.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4204\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4204 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/click-the-unwanted-account.png\" alt=\"choose to remove unwanted windows 10 account in settings\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/click-the-unwanted-account.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/click-the-unwanted-account-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Click <strong>Delete account and data<\/strong>\u00a0then in pop-up dialog.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/delete-windows-10-account-and-data.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4205\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4205 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/delete-windows-10-account-and-data.png\" alt=\"delete windows 10 account and data\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/delete-windows-10-account-and-data.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/delete-windows-10-account-and-data-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The deletion process would require a few seconds because total related data about the account would be removed from computer. So just wait until local account or Microsoft account is deleted from Accounts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/successfully-delete-account-and-data-from-windows-10.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4217\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4217 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/successfully-delete-account-and-data-from-windows-10.png\" alt=\"successfully delete account and data from Windows 10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/successfully-delete-account-and-data-from-windows-10.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/successfully-delete-account-and-data-from-windows-10-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides, you can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/clean-reinstall-windows-10-without-product-key\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clean reinstall Windows 10<\/a> to remove all files and clean drive. 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