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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-01-23T07:36:54+00:00

    I read through this SOLVED thread completely. Nothing recommended worked. The local (built-in) Administrator account is attached to Microsoft Account and [Remove] button does not appear.  There is no "Stop signing in..." text anywhere. I am confident that without a registry hack there is no way to fix this major annoyance. The deliberate blocking of the (built-in) Administrator account from [Settings] [Accounts] [Family & other users] for security reasons has made this problem acute. Thanks for all your help.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-07-21T22:56:32+00:00

    While trying to troubleshoot a login issue that was preventing me from installing the Raw Image Extension from the Store  application, I signed into a PC using a work, and personal Microsoft account. Both accounts were then linked to the local admin account. "Access school or Work" allowed me to remove my work account, but not my personal account. I had to "manage" my account (launched Edge with account info) then remove the device from my personal account. When I refreshed settings\accounts  on the device, my personal account was no longer listed.

    Thanks to all who came before who helped point me in the right direction. Fixing this was pretty counter-intuitive.

    I hope this helped someone else.

    God bless.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-05-22T21:46:33+00:00

    I was going nuts trying to figure it out. I had the same exact problem where I found out I could get in trouble having my Microsoft account on my work computer. I removed everything humanly possible and was just about to re install Windows. I could not figure out how to remove that. Thank you so much for posting

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-04-27T21:31:18+00:00

    Thanks as well a little more detail worked 100%

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-04-27T21:30:50+00:00

    Thanks!

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