How to Find the Current User on Windows
This wikiHow teaches you how to see your current account's username on a Windows computer. Open your computer's Start menu. The Start menu button looks like four squares in the lower-left corner of your screen.
Steps
Method 1 of 2:
Using the Start Menu
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Picture 1 of How to Find the Current User on Windows Open your computer's Start menu. The Start menu button looks like four squares in the lower-left corner of your screen. -
Picture 2 of How to Find the Current User on Windows Enter %USERNAME% into the search box. Click the search box on the Start menu, and enter this line into it. This will search and find the User Accounts application from your Control Panel.- If %USERNAME% doesn't bring User Accounts in the search, try searching %ACCOUNT%.
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Picture 3 of How to Find the Current User on Windows Press ↵ Enter on your keyboard. This will open your User Accounts window. -
Picture 4 of How to Find the Current User on Windows Find your username in the User Accounts window. Your current username is displayed in your User Accounts settings.
Method 2 of 2:
Using Command Prompt
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Picture 5 of How to Find the Current User on Windows Open the Run dialog box on your computer. The Run window allows you to directly open any application or document on your computer.- You can find and open Run from the Start menu, or press the ⊞ Win+R shortcut on your keyboard.
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Picture 6 of How to Find the Current User on Windows Type cmd into the Run window. -
Picture 7 of How to Find the Current User on Windows Press ↵ Enter on your keyboard. This will open Command Prompt in a new window. -
Picture 8 of How to Find the Current User on Windows Type whoami into Command Prompt. This command will reply with your username. -
Picture 9 of How to Find the Current User on Windows Press ↵ Enter on your keyboard. Your current username will be displayed in a new line.
Update 04 March 2020
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