Accounts Delete User Account in Windows 11

Having different accounts on a shared PC lets multiple people use the same device, all while giving everyone their own sign-in info, plus access to their own files, browser favorites, and desktop settings.

You can add a local user account (an offline account) or Microsoft account for a user to sign in to the PC with.

If you have a user account on your PC that is not being used or no longer needed, you can permanently remove it by deleting it.

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This tutorial will show you how to delete a user account to remove it from your Windows 11 PC.

You must be signed in as an administrator to delete a user account.

You will not be able to delete a user account that is currently signed in. You will need to sign out the user first.

1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Accounts on the left side, and click/tap on Family & other users or Other Users on the right side. (see screenshot below)

Open Family & other users settings


3 Under Other users, click/tap on the account (ex: "Brink2") you want to delete, and click/tap on Remove. (see screenshot below)


4 Click/tap on Delete account and data to confirm. (see screenshot below)


5 You can now close Settings if you like.





1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the User Accounts icon.

2 Click/tap on the Manage another account link. (see screenshot below)


3 Click/tap on the account (ex: "Brink2") you want to delete. (see screenshot below)


4 Click/tap on the Delete the account link. (see screenshot below)


5 Click/tap on Delete Files or Keep Files for what you want to do with the user account's personal files. (see screenshot below)


6 Click/tap on Delete Account to confirm. (see screenshots below)


7 You can now close the Control Panel if you like.

This option is only available in the Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

1 Open Local Users and Groups (lusrmgr.msc).

2 Perform the following actions. (see screenshot below)

• Click/tap on the Users folder in the left pane to open it.
• Click/tap on the account (ex: "Brink2") you want to delete in the middle pane.
• Click/tap on More Actions and Delete in the right pane.

3 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshots below)


4 You can now close Local Users and Groups if you like.





1 Open netplwiz.exe.

2 In the Users tab, check the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer box if available. (see screenshot below step 4)

If you turned on For improved security, only allow Windows Hello sign-in for Microsoft accounts on this device, then the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer setting will not be available.

3 Click/tap on the account (ex: "Brink2") you want to delete. (see screenshot below step 4)

4 Click/tap on the Remove button. (see screenshot below)


5 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshots below)


6 You can now close User Accounts (netplwiz) if you like.





1 Open Windows Terminal (Admin), and select Command Prompt.

2 Copy and paste the net user command into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter to see a list of all account names on the PC. (see screenshot below step 3)

3 Make note of the account name (ex: "Brink2") you want to delete. (see screenshot below)


4 Type the command below you want to use into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter.

Substitute UserName in the command above with the actual user account name (ex: "Brink2") from step 3 you want to delete.

For example:
net user "Brink2" /delete

net user "Brink2" /delete /domain

5 You can now close Windows Terminal (Admin) if you like.





1 Open Windows Terminal (Admin), and select Windows PowerShell.

2 Copy and paste the Get-LocalUser command into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter to see a list of all account names on the PC. (see screenshot below step 3)

3 Make note of the account name (ex: "Brink2") you want to delete. (see screenshot below)


4 Type the command below into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter.

Substitute UserName in the command above with the actual user account name (ex: "Brink2") from step 3 you want to delete.

For example: Remove-LocalUser -Name "Brink2"

5 You can now close Windows Terminal (Admin) if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink