In Windows 10, there are many ways to delete a user account. Some of them shouldn't be used if you don't want to end up with junk files and wrong permissions left on your file system. On the contrary, if you want to leave the files behind but delete only the account, there are other methods to use. Let's see how it should be done properly for both cases.

How to Delete User Profile of an Account in Windows 10 When adding a new user account in Windows 10, a profile for the account is automatically created when the user signs in to the new account for the first time. A user profile is a collection of settings that make the computer look and work the way you want it to for a user account.

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Windows 10 comes with a number of tools which allow the user with administrative privileges to delete another user's account. When this is done, you might want to leave the files inside the user profile intact and delete only the account.

Delete an account but keep its files and data
One of the well known options to delete a user account is the Computer Management tool. You can right click This PC in File Explorer and open the Manage item from the context menu. It provides the following user interface:

The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) shown above exists since Windows 2000, allowing management of user accounts. However, when an account is deleted using it, all the data related to the account won't be deleted.

Similar if you use the classic 'User Accounts' utility, the data in the user profile is left behind.

This method involves pressing Win + R to open the Run dialog in Windows 10 and typing the following in the Run box

The following window will appear:

You can use it to delete an account from the list:

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The account you deleted using this method will also cause data inside the profile to remain on the storage drive.

Instead, you might want to do the opposite i.e. delete everything related to the account, including related documents, app settings and Registry keys. For that, you should not use MMC or netplwiz.

Manually Delete User Account Windows 10

Use the following method.

Delete an account with its files and data
Open the Settings app and go to Accounts -> Family & other people:

Click the desired account in the list and select 'Remove' under its name:

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When prompted, agree to delete the related data:

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This will remove everything.

That's it.

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