Remove live account from local login on Windows 11
Remove live account from local login on Windows 11
I work with a personal Windows 11 account. It was time to assign my son his own login using Hotmail since he’ll be gaming and chatting with Xbox friends. I added a new user in Users, but the system attached the Hotmail address to my local account and I can’t reverse it. A system restore didn’t help. Can I detach the linked live account or at least connect it to my account?
According to what I understand, you can simply add another account to the PC. To remove the Microsoft account, there is also a specific option for adding children or family accounts via another Microsoft account, which allows signing in separately from your own.
Start by removing the child’s account from your list temporarily. If your Windows account remains connected to his email, follow this guide: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...0c66bb57ff. After clearing the link, return to a local login and link your own email to your Windows admin account. Use a placeholder email that isn’t tied to any real work or finances to avoid issues later. Then you can either recreate the non-admin user account for the child, making him appear as a regular user, or opt for the Family setting in Settings > Accounts, which directs you to a parent-friendly page. This feature was built with parents in mind and should be straightforward.
I confirmed it happened recently. My son tried to connect to my PC using the Xbox app so he could chat with friends. When trying to sign in with an MS account, the system prompts whether you want to use this as your login. He likely accepted that prompt. It seems the option to accept it is no longer available. The available choices now are uploading a photo and adjusting my account settings. Opening my account takes me to a web browser on the Microsoft site. While working through the issue, I found the family setup section. There’s a list of family members with a button labeled "show login this pc." I’ve now allowed access through that method. The alternative seems to be creating a new local profile and transferring files. It appears Microsoft is increasingly complicating local profile setup.
They probably swap it out for this new option, which isn't very obvious. Thanks for fixing it!