How to change the account name, account name in Windows 10

Windows 10 is currently the most popular operating system worldwide. Compared to Windows 7 or Windows XP, Windows 10 has a lot of changes in interface and features. In Windows 7 and Windows XP, adding and editing Windows usernames can be done easily and quickly, but on Windows 10, it's a little harder.

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The ability to change the account name and account in Windows 10 is 'hidden' by Microsoft quite carefully. Through research and tinkering, I have found a way to rename accounts in Windows 10 easily and I will share how in this article!

Step 1: Turn on Windows search by clicking on the circle icon in the bottom left corner of the screen or press the key combination windows + S and enter the keyword 'account' into the search field. After entering the keyword will have the first search result, select Manage your account .

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Step 2: Select the item Family & other users .

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Step 3: In the Family & other users section . You click the plus sign with the words Add someone else to this PC.

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Step 4: In this step, we need to enter the existing Mircosoft account. However, creating an offline account is more convenient and easier to manage than an online account so we choose I don't have this person's sign-in information .

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Step 5: You choose to Add a user without a Microsoft account.

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Step 6: Fill in the account information you need to create in the form below. To name a new account you enter a new name in the box Who's going to use this PC? Also want to set a password protection, you enter the password in the two boxes in the section Make it secure.

Finished, you click Next to Windows create offline accounts for you.

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Step 7: After creating a new account name, go back to Family & other users to check if our new account has been created successfully. If successful, click on the account you have created and select Change account type.

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If we only need to create or assign user rights, this step is not needed. However, if you want to change the account name and personal use, you must change the Standard User option to Administrator and then click OK .

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Step 8: Open the Start menu and click on the Account icon and select Sign out to log out of the old account and login to the new account .

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Step 9: Log in to the new account. The first time you log in we will have to wait a bit longer for Windows to reset the settings for us.

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Step 10: After successful login, we will proceed to restart the computer. Then, you go to Family & other users to delete the old account if desired.

To delete the old account, click the account name, select Remove and then select Delete account and data to delete the account.

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After performing the above steps, you can rename your account on Windows 10 in the most detailed and easiest way.

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It can be seen that the way to rename accounts, accounts is quite complicated and easy to confuse. Hopefully the article will help you who are struggling to find a way to change the account name for Windows 10. If the article has something you have questions, please ask Thuthuatphanmem.vn questions in the comment section below. below!