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.

   

   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.

   

4. Select the user account you want to delete.

   

5. Click Delete the account.

   

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

   

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

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One Response to “Delete a User Account”

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1. Joe says:

   October 31, 2009 at 12:34 pm

   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

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