No "Remove" button for Microsoft account in Windows 10 settings? SOLVED

Anonymous
2020-01-23T20:24:27+00:00

Hi all,

I wanted to share this in case anyone else was having the same frustrating problem. I had a personal Microsoft account that I had mistakenly signed into on a work PC. To remove it, I followed the steps to go to Settings >> Email & Accounts, then select the account and click "Remove". Well, I got there, and there was no "Remove" button! Only a "Manage" button appeared.

The "Your info" page probably also looks like this

If you are having this problem, look for a text link on the "Your info" page that says something like "Stop signing in to all Microsoft apps automatically". Click on that text.

"Your info" should now say "Local Account" instead of your email

Go back to the "Email & accounts" page and you should now be able to remove the account

Hope this helps someone.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Settings

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-07T15:51:59+00:00

    I did not have this text link available to me. Any other option?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-09-03T16:32:30+00:00

    for some reason this option did not show up and it is stuck on 'all apps can sign in' so i cannot use this method

    sad

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-08-09T19:17:35+00:00

    in my Win10Pro computer (signed in with local admin account) the ms account appears but it does NOT have the [remove] button. it has the [manage] button that will launch Edge to sign-in to ms's portal. how do i un-link that ms account from my computer? any suggestions?

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-07-31T14:05:01+00:00

    You are a LIFESAVER! Thank you for this.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-05-29T12:12:12+00:00

    Fixed my issue. Thanks for sharing.

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