Sometimes, for some users who transfer their computers or laptops for temporary use to other people, or who have too many unnecessary accounts registered in the system, it may be necessary to deactivate them. It is clear that to prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your data, you can set a password. However, this method is very inconvenient. Since a user with administrator privileges can easily find them. In this article, read about how to disable an account in Windows 10 using several simple methods, some of which many users don’t even know about.
Simplest methods
So, first of all, let us dwell on the simplest technique, which any user of a PC or laptop with Windows on board should know about. The point is that in any multi-user system there is a special tool located in the “Control Panel” - the accounts section. If you are an administrator with the appropriate rights, call this section, go to the management of another "account" and simply delete it.
You will be prompted to select the desired action to delete or save user files. Here - at will. A completely similar procedure is available for execution through the same section in the options menu.
Fast shutdown of the user in the working system
If you understand how to disable the Microsoft account for your own account in Windows 10, you can use the options menu. And in a similar section of accounts, use the login point under local registration.
For a Microsoft account and you will need to enter a password. If its use is provided for the local account, you will need to perform a similar action. Upon re-entry, an unnecessary account can be deleted. But it’s better not to.
You can also assume that on one computer logged in under multiple accounts at once, and some active processes in one of the users significantly slow down the system. How to disable an account in Windows 10 in this case? Elementary!
Call the standard “Task Manager” (taskmgr in the Run console or the combination Esc + Shift + Ctrl), go to the users tab, select an account and use the disconnect item through the PCM menu.
How to disable an account in Windows 10: additional steps
Now let's imagine that you really give your laptop to someone from friends or acquaintances for a while. How to disable an account in Windows 10 so that none of them can access your data?
The most primitive method will be to use the account block in the “Control Panel” with the creation of an access password. It's clear. But here it is best to use the computer control section (compmgmt.msc). Here you need to go to the local users section and expand the list of all registered accounts.
Now select your profile, through RMB, open the properties menu, and in the settings window, select the checkbox on the item to disable it. This will definitely hide all your data from prying eyes.
You can perform similar actions on the command line by running it as an administrator. To view all available accounts, enter the net user combination, and to deactivate the selected one, you can use the command shown in the picture below, where instead of NAME, enter the name of the user registered in the system.
How to disable account password in Windows 10?
There are many different points regarding passwords. It all depends on what kind of situation they may need to be deactivated. In the case of logging in, you can simply remove it from the above section of the "Control Panel".
In the case of sleep mode, you can use the netplwiz console command "Run" and disable the password entry requirement there. You can also deactivate in group policies (gpedit.msc) using the power settings. In general, there are so many options that you can write a whole scientific work on them.
How to get rid of administrator accounts?
Finally, let's take a look at the most painful questions about how to disable the administrator account in Windows 10. If we are talking about the built-in super-admin account, which constantly has to ask permission to perform a particular operation, you can get rid of it through the command line. Only the team in this case will look like the one shown in the image below.
If it comes to setting restrictions for other users who have administrator rights, the best solution is to change the type of their accounts to ordinary users. Such operations can be performed either from the “Control Panel” block indicated above, or from the options menu. You can also simply move the desired account from the Administrators group to any other one for which restrictions are set on certain actions or on access to system functions.