Delete a User Account

Learn how to delete a user account in Windows 7.

Delete User Account

  1. Open the Control Panel from the Start menu.
  2. Open User Accounts in the Control Panel.

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    Note: If the User Accounts item is not available, change View by to Large icons at the top right of the Control Panel.

  3. Click Manage another account.

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  4. Select the user account you want to delete.

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  5. Click Delete the account.

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  6. Choose if you want to keep or delete the user’s files.

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    Note: If you keep the user’s files, they’ll be copied into a folder on your desktop.

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5 Responses to “Delete a User Account”

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  1. Joe says:

    You are using a different system than me because when I hit which account i want to change it only allows me to turn it on or off or change the picture.

    what is the problem with my system

  2. Tim Goodspeed says:

    I have two user accounts. Both are Administrator accounts. I want to delete one. However, the option “Delete the Account” does not show up in the list of options when I select the account that I want to delete. It is available for the account I want to keep, but that does not help me. I want to delete the other account. Why is the delete option unavailable on one account and not the other?

  3. kay says:

    I have the same problem, how to do ?

    Can’t delete the first user account which is also administrator

    Thanks.

  4. Rich says:

    Same problem here. Windows 7 pro. Delete user account does not show up as an option…….

  5. Quang says:

    1. Create another administrator account and then log off current account.
    2. Login using the newly created account.
    3. Use the above method (manage other accounts) to remove the old admin account, you’ll see the delete option.

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