Guide 5 ways to delete User accounts on Windows 10

If you have multiple User accounts on a Windows 10 computer or if you do not want to use a User account, you can choose to delete that User account.

In addition, when deleting user accounts that you don't use can "free up" the memory capacity significantly, even your computer will run "smoother" than the original.

1. Delete the user account via the Settings menu

To delete a user account via the Settings menu, follow the steps below:

Step 1:

Open the Settings app by clicking the Settings icon on the Start menu or pressing the Windows + I.

Step 2:

On the Settings menu interface, click Account (Your accounts, email, sync, work, family).

Step 3:

Click on Family and other users , then click on the user account you want to delete and click Remove.

Step 4:

At this time, the confirmation dialog will be displayed, click Delete account and data to delete the user account you want to delete.

2. Delete the User account via Control Panel

Step 1:

Open Control Panel by entering the Control panel keyword into the Search Start Menu box or the Search pane of the Taskbar and pressing Enter.

Step 2:

Click User Accounts to open the User Account window.

Step 3:

Click the link Manage another account to view all user accounts on your computer.

Step 4:

Click on the user account you want to delete.

Step 5:

Here you click the link Delete the account.

Step 6:

The message "Do you want to keep user's files?" Will appear.

If you click Keep Files , Windows 10 will save your desktop, documents, favorites, videos, music and photos to a new folder and name this folder.

After clicking Keep Files to save these files, click Delete Account to delete the selected user account.

3. Delete the user account via Command Prompt

Step 1: Open the Command Prompt under Admin

To open the Command Prompt under Admin, first enter cmd in the Seach Start Menu box or on the Taskbar, then right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

Alternatively, right-click on the Start Menu and then click Command Prompt (admin) to open the Command prompt under Admin.

Click Yes if the User Account Control message appears on the screen.

Step 2:

On the Command Prompt window, enter the command below and then press Enter to see all user accounts on your computer:

net users

Step 3:

Next enter the command below to delete the user account, then press Enter:

net user UserAccountName / delete

Note:

In the above command replace UserName with the name of the user account you want to delete that you just found in step 2.

4. Delete the User account via Local Users and Groups

Step 1:

Open Local Users and Groups , then click the User folder in the left pane list to open the User folder.

Step 2:

Here you click on the User account you want to delete in the middle pane list, then click on More Actions in the Actions pane on the right and then click Delete .

Step 3:

At this time, the confirmation dialog will appear, click Yes to agree to delete the user account you selected.

Step 4:

When you're done, close the Local Users and Groups window and you're done.

5. Delete User account via Netplwiz

Step 1:

Enter netplwiz in the Search box on the Start Menu or on the Search pane of the Taskbar and press Enter.

Step 2:

If UAC appears on the screen, click Yes to confirm.

Step 3:

Next on the User Account window, type in Users to enter a user name and password to use this computer.

Step 4:

Next select the user account you want to delete and click Remove .

Step 5:

Click Yes to confirm deletion.

Step 6:

If you set Windows to automatically log in to this User account on Startup, you must reset this feature again.

Step 7:

Once completed, close the Netplwiz window again.

Refer to some of the following articles:

1. Clear the Windows 10 Update Cache to free up memory space

1. Turn off driver update on Windows Update Windows 10

1. How to use Password Reset Disk to reset Windows password?

Good luck!