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
    2020-12-21T14:14:03+00:00

    Thanks, it works!

    Was just trying to add an Outlook.com account to Outlook when it added that login to Windows; couldn't figure out why there's no "Remove" button to get rid of it. Now, I'm only going to add accounts to Outlook using IMAP so I can avoid this stupidity.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-05T15:42:45+00:00

    J.Shoe... Awesome! Spent almost an hour trying to figure that this out and super simple fix. Get that out there somehow! Cheers!

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-01-09T02:14:09+00:00

    Helped me..   Thank you very much.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-01-10T03:14:30+00:00

    What do i do if i try to log back in with the correct microsoft account and i dont know the windows password

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-01-17T17:59:21+00:00

    Michael.Lambert, you are great.  I spent at least an hour trying to figure out how to do this, looking at all kinds of web pages, and you're finally the first person that had the correct info to do it.  Thank you so much.

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