Do you have multiple user accounts on your Windows 11 PC? Don’t you use other user accounts? Want to delete or remove a user account from a Windows 11 computer? Here is how to do just that.
Windows 11 offers multiple ways to create and delete user accounts. We can use the Settings app, the old Control Panel, or the Command Prompt to delete accounts.
The following are the five easy ways to delete user accounts in Windows 11.
NOTE: When you delete an account, all data saved in it will be removed.
IMPORTANT: You must have the administrator rights to delete an account in Windows 11.
Method 1 of 5
Delete an account via the Settings app in Windows 11
Step 1: Open the Settings app using search or Windows logo + I keyboard shortcut.
Step 2: In the left pane of the Settings app, click Accounts. Now, on the right side, click Other users.
Step 3: Here, click on the account name that you would like to delete or remove to see available options.
Step 4: Finally, click the Remove button to remove the user account from your Windows 11 PC.
Step 5: When you get the following prompt, click the Delete account and data button.
Method 2 of 5
Delete an account via the Control Panel in Windows 11
Step 1: Open the Control Panel using search.
Step 2: Change the View by to Category, and then click User Accounts.
Step 3: On this page, click the Remove user accounts link.
Step 4: The window displays all user accounts on your Windows 11 PC. Double-click on the account that you would like to remove.
Step 5: Finally, click the Delete the account link.
Step 6: Before deleting the user account and data, Windows 11 offers an option to save the files in the Desktop, Documents, Pictures, and Videos folders. If you wish to save the data, click the Keep files button. Else, Delete Files button to remove the account and data.
Method 3 of 5
Another way to delete an account in Windows 11
Step 1: Type netplwiz.exe in the Start menu or taskbar search field and then press the Enter key to open the User Accounts dialog.
Step 2: The dialog, as you can see, all user accounts.
Step 3: Select a user account that you want to remove and then click the Remove button.
Step 4: Click the Yes button when asked for confirmation.
Method 4 of 5
Delete an account via the Local Users and Groups window
Please note that the Home edition of Windows 11 does not include Local Users and Groups. So, you cannot use this method on Windows 11 Home edition PC.
Step 1: Type lusrmgr.msc in the Start menu or taskbar search field and press Enter to open the Local Users and Groups window.
Step 2: On the left side, double-click the Users folder to see all user accounts.
Step 3: Right-click on a user account and then click the Delete option.
Step 4: Windows 11 will now ask for confirmation to delete the user account. Click the Yes button to remove the account immediately.
Method 5 of 5
Remove an account from Windows 11 via Command Prompt
Step 1: Type Command Prompt in the search, right-click on the Command Prompt entry, and then click Run as administrator option.
Click Yes when asked for confirmation. If asked to type the admin password, please do the same.
Step 2: At the Command Prompt window, type powershell get-localuser and then press the Enter key to see a list of all user accounts on your Windows 11 PC.
Note that the command will list all user accounts on your PC, including the hidden administrator accounts that are not enabled by default.
Step 3: Finally, to delete an account, copy and paste the following command:
net user usertodelete /delete
Press the Enter key to execute the command. Needless to say, in the above command, you need to replace “usertodelete” with the user name of the account that you want to delete.
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