how to change an account that is an administrator on this pc?

Vuyolwethu Kunene 0 Reputation points
2026-09-13T13:50:57.47+00:00

When this laptop was bought last year i used my ex girlfriend email to set it up & it became an administrator , the whole onedrive is under her email. Now i want to chaange it.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accounts, profiles, and login
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  1. DaveM121 931.2K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-09-13T14:26:32.45+00:00

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    If all your files are stored on your ex-girlfriend's OneDrive, the first thing you need to do is to download those files to your PC to ensure you have a safe copy of all your files stored on your PC, because when you change the Microsoft account used to log into Windows you will loose access to that OneDrive account.

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    Then open the Settings App.

    Go to Accounts - Your Info.

    On that window, you should see either the option to 'Switch to a Local account' or the option to 'Stop automatically logging into apps with this account'.

    Select whichever of those options exist, and that will switch the user account to a local account.

    You can then add the details of your own Microsoft account to the user profile.

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