Hi all,
I have a W11 Pro laptop, with 2 user accounts. I want to remove 1
account. But how can I do that? I've been looking for a while but can't
find it.
Fokke Nauta wrote:
Hi all,
I have a W11 Pro laptop, with 2 user accounts. I want to remove 1
account. But how can I do that? I've been looking for a while but
can't find it.
Log in with an account that has administrative permissions.
Look at Control Panel | User Accounts - this works for W7.ÿ In W11 you
might have to search for "User Accounts" or "Users".
This will show you the accounts that are present, and whether they are "Administrator" or Standard User".ÿ From the "Administrator" account you will be able to remove the Standard User account.ÿ This will be true if
all the accounts are "Local".
Very obviously, you cannot remove the Administrator account if it is the only Administrator account that is present.ÿ But you can create another account with Administrative permissions, log into that, and remove the unwanted Administrator account. You will be given the option of deleting
all the files relating tot he deleted user account.
For W11 you might also have a "Microsoft Account".ÿÿ You can delete
these if you already have a "Local Administrator" account, or another Microsoft Account with administrative permissions.
Microsoft Accounts can be created for a child, with limited permissions.
ÿI think to achieve this there must also be another Microsoft Account present with administrative permissions.ÿ Others here will be able to
tell you.
On 07/03/2026 13:33, Graham J wrote:
Fokke Nauta wrote:
Hi all,
I have a W11 Pro laptop, with 2 user accounts. I want to remove 1
account. But how can I do that? I've been looking for a while but
can't find it.
Log in with an account that has administrative permissions.
Look at Control Panel | User Accounts - this works for W7.ÿ In W11 you
might have to search for "User Accounts" or "Users".
This will show you the accounts that are present, and whether they are
"Administrator" or Standard User".ÿ From the "Administrator" account
you will be able to remove the Standard User account.ÿ This will be
true if all the accounts are "Local".
Very obviously, you cannot remove the Administrator account if it is
the only Administrator account that is present.ÿ But you can create
another account with Administrative permissions, log into that, and
remove the unwanted Administrator account. You will be given the
option of deleting all the files relating tot he deleted user account.
For W11 you might also have a "Microsoft Account".ÿÿ You can delete
these if you already have a "Local Administrator" account, or another
Microsoft Account with administrative permissions.
Microsoft Accounts can be created for a child, with limited
permissions. ÿÿI think to achieve this there must also be another
Microsoft Account present with administrative permissions.ÿ Others
here will be able to tell you.
Hi Graham,
Thanks very much. Both accounts were administrative, and I managed to
remove one of the accounts.
Thanks!
Fokke
Thanks very much. Both accounts were administrative, and I managed to
remove one of the accounts.
Removing an admin account can revoke shared folder permissions b/c a
shared folder can be associated with a specific user's security identifier(SID).
ÿIf you've shared folders, might be worth verified sharing remains
intact for the remaining user.
ÿ- if multiple devices on the same network, also any user on another
device on the same network.
On 07/03/2026 17:15, ...w??? wrote:
Removing an admin account can revoke shared folder permissions b/c a shared folder can be associated with a specific user's security identifier(SID).
?If you've shared folders, might be worth verified sharing remains
intact for the remaining user.
?- if multiple devices on the same network, also any user on another device on the same network.
Thanks, but there were no shared folders.
Fokke Nauta <fnauta@solfon.nl> wrote:
On 07/03/2026 17:15, ...w¤?ñ?¤ wrote:
Removing an admin account can revoke shared folder permissions b/c a
shared folder can be associated with a specific user's security
identifier(SID).
ÿIf you've shared folders, might be worth verified sharing remains
intact for the remaining user.
ÿ- if multiple devices on the same network, also any user on another
device on the same network.
Thanks, but there were no shared folders.
Huh!? You were the one with the never ending stories about shares
which were not accessible and now yoou say there weren't any on this
system!?
On 08/03/2026 20:14, Frank Slootweg wrote:
Fokke Nauta <fnauta@solfon.nl> wrote:
On 07/03/2026 17:15, ...w??? wrote:
Removing an admin account can revoke shared folder permissions b/c a
shared folder can be associated with a specific user's security
identifier(SID).
?If you've shared folders, might be worth verified sharing remains
intact for the remaining user.
?- if multiple devices on the same network, also any user on another >>> device on the same network.
Thanks, but there were no shared folders.
Huh!? You were the one with the never ending stories about shares
which were not accessible and now yoou say there weren't any on this system!?
We have shared folders on our pc's, but this is about our laptops.
Fokke Nauta <fnauta@solfon.nl> wrote:
On 08/03/2026 20:14, Frank Slootweg wrote:
Fokke Nauta <fnauta@solfon.nl> wrote:
On 07/03/2026 17:15, ...w¤?ñ?¤ wrote:
Removing an admin account can revoke shared folder permissions b/c a >>>>> shared folder can be associated with a specific user's security
identifier(SID).
ÿIf you've shared folders, might be worth verified sharing remains >>>>> intact for the remaining user.
ÿ- if multiple devices on the same network, also any user on another >>>>> device on the same network.
Thanks, but there were no shared folders.
Huh!? You were the one with the never ending stories about shares
which were not accessible and now yoou say there weren't any on this
system!?
We have shared folders on our pc's, but this is about our laptops.
Well AFAIR, you also had problems accessing shares on laptops, but
perhaps it was about accessing shares from laptops.
Now we have you 'on the line': Are all your share problems now solved?
Administrator is like root in Linux. Use it to remove accounts including those in the Administrator group. You can temporarily emable it then disable it after use.
windows 11 using administrator account - Google Search <https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+11+using+administrator+account>
Dopo dura riflessione, Mr. Man-wai Chang ha scritto :
Administrator is like root in Linux. Use it to remove accounts
including those in the Administrator group. You can temporarily emable
it then disable it after use.
If I have understood correctly:
there are two users. If you want to make an account as administrator it means that actually it is not administrator
If you delete the second account and then you remove the first account
from the administrators group you will have no more administrator on the
pc. Ok, it is still possible change the user level, but it can be rather difficult...and if the disk is encripted with bit locker you cannot use tools like parted magic or other live to boot
windows 11 using administrator account - Google Search
<https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+11+using+administrator+account>
ok, but you need to be an administrator to create a new administrator,
and the request is how to delete one of the two users...and you must be
an administrator to do that
On 10/03/2026 16:37, Adriano wrote:
Dopo dura riflessione, Mr. Man-wai Chang ha scritto :
Administrator is like root in Linux. Use it to remove accounts including those in the Administrator group. You can temporarily emable it then disable it after use.
If I have understood correctly:
there are two users. If you want to make an account as administrator it means that actually it is not administrator
If you delete the second account and then you remove the first account from the administrators group you will have no more administrator on the pc. Ok, it is still possible change the user level, but it can be rather difficult...and if the disk is encripted with bit locker you cannot use tools like parted magic or other live to boot
windows 11 using administrator account - Google Search
<https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+11+using+administrator+account>
ok, but you need to be an administrator to create a new administrator, and the request is how to delete one of the two users...and you must be an administrator to do that
That's correct!
On Tue, 3/10/2026 12:41 PM, Fokke Nauta wrote:
On 10/03/2026 16:37, Adriano wrote:
Dopo dura riflessione, Mr. Man-wai Chang ha scritto :
Administrator is like root in Linux. Use it to remove accounts including those in the Administrator group. You can temporarily emable it then disable it after use.
If I have understood correctly:
there are two users. If you want to make an account as administrator it means that actually it is not administrator
If you delete the second account and then you remove the first account from the administrators group you will have no more administrator on the pc. Ok, it is still possible change the user level, but it can be rather difficult...and if the disk is encripted with bit locker you cannot use tools like parted magic or other live to boot
windows 11 using administrator account - Google Searchok, but you need to be an administrator to create a new administrator, and the request is how to delete one of the two users...and you must be an administrator to do that
<https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+11+using+administrator+account> >>>
That's correct!
And if you delete all the administrator or administrator group accounts,
you have to hack your way into the OS at startup to put them back.
And some of the hacking holes have been removed, since the
last time I demonstrated this. One of the methods was the OSK.exe
replacement hack. Currently this method is blocked by Windows Defender,
but if you start the OS in Safe Mode, then Windows Defender will not
be running.
Paul
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