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After changing your Windows 10 account picture to something with a little more personality, the three most recent images are stored as thumbnails in the Settings app. Here’s how to remove those old thumbnails if you’re sick of seeing them and want to start fresh.
Whenever you change your account picture from Settings > User accounts > Your Info, Windows displays thumbnails of the three most recent images It also stores every account picture you’ve ever used. If you change your account picture, there may be quite a few of them floating around that you want to get rid of.
Unfortunately, getting rid of them is not as easy as right-clicking the old image or pressing the Delete key, but there is a way to get rid of them if you want. Open up File Explorer by pressing Win+E and paste the following path into the address bar, changing the “ ” part to your current user account name. If you’re unsure of the folder name, you can also just browse to the location.
Here, you’ll find all the account pictures you’ve ever added to your account using the Settings app.
Select any images you no longer want and then press the Delete key to relegate them to the Recycle Bin.
After deleting the images, they will disappear from your user image history in the Settings app. If you didn’t delete all the old account pictures from that folder, Windows will show thumbnails for the most recent images that are still there.
That’s all there is to it! It’s not hard to delete those old user account images; you just have to know where to look!
Over a period of time, you may have changed your user Account Picture several times. For instance, in my case I had a different one in Windows 8, Windows 8.1 – and now in Windows 10, I have set a new User profile picture. In this post, we will see where Windows 10 stores your user account pictures and how to delete or remove those which you do not now need.
Now in Windows 10, if you were to open the Settings app > Accounts > Your account, you will see the previous user account pictures too. If you want to remove the old user account picture, there is a way you can do it. Let us see how.
Where does Windows 10 store user account pictures
Windows 10 stores your user account pictures in a hidden AccountPictures folder. To see its contents, open File Explorer and browse to the following location:
It is a hidden folder, so you will have to first set Folder Options to Show hidden files & folders.
Remove old user account picture in Windows 10
To delete or remove your previous or old images, you may simply copy-paste the following path in Explorer address bar and hit Enter:
Here you will see your photographs or images.
Delete the old one’s that you do not want.
Now check the Settings app and you will see the difference.
In earlier Windows 10 versions they were located here:
Like its predecessors, Windows 10 also allows you to change the default user account picture. You can either set a picture or video as user account picture (video) in Windows 10.
When using a Microsoft account to sign-in, Windows 10 automatically uses your Microsoft account picture as user account picture on your PC. However, while using a local user account, you need to either use one of the default user account pictures or set your own.
As you might have observed by now, when you change a user picture by navigating to Settings > User accounts > Your Info, the page displays up to two old user account pictures on the same page. Windows 10 doesn’t automatically delete your previously used user account pictures, and all old user account pictures are saved in the system drive.
The feature is quite helpful as you can quickly set one of the previously set user pictures as your new user account picture.
Now, for some reason, you might want to get rid of old user account pictures from the page. You cannot simply right-click on these pictures and delete or remove them. Luckily, there is an easy way to remove old user account pictures in Windows 10.
Delete old user account pictures
Complete the given below directions to remove or delete old user account pictures from Windows 10.
Step 1: Open up the File Explorer and navigate to the following location:
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\ Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures
In the above path, “C” is the drive where Windows 10 is installed.
Step 2: Here, you can see all your old account pictures. Delete pictures that you want to remove. That’s it!
While deleting old account pictures, be sure to keep your current account picture!
Use default account picture
If you want to use one of the user account pictures bundled with Windows 10, you can do so by following the given below directions.
Step 1: Open the Settings app. Click User Account and then click Your Info.
Step 2: In the Create your picture section, click Browse for one option and then browse to the following location:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Default Account Pictures
Where “C” is your Windows 10 installation drive.
IMPORTANT: ProgramData is a hidden file. To see that, open Folder Options, switch to View tab, uncheck Hide protected operating system files, and select Show hidden files, folders, and drives options.
Step 3: Select one of the user account pictures and then click the Open button. Simple as that!
In terms of customization, Windows 8 and later versions are really awesome. A lot of things can be personalized as per the user’s requirements. And Windows 10 has a lot more options to customize near to everything. However, you know that Windows 10 runs with Microsoft account that can be used with as many devices as possible and get automatic synchronization.
Windows 10 provides a user-friendly option to change the profile picture of your Microsoft account and eventually it will change your PC’s profile picture. Or, if you are using Local account instead of Microsoft account to sign in to Windows, you can still do the same. In this case, it will change only your Local user account’s profile picture, what generally appears on the login screen.
However, if you have a mania for changing the profile picture frequently, I think you have already changed it many times. If so, obviously, a lot of pictures have been stored in your PC those will be displayed under the Account Settings panel.
This account settings panel is available under the new Settings window of Windows 10 (Win + I). Although, it will not create any problem if you have multiple pictures stored as display picture for your account, yet, you may be distracted by having so many images. If you are getting any kind of issues and want to remove all those unused profile pictures, here is a solution.
Although the Account Settings doesn’t let users delete those pictures, you can easily remove them from the list if you can find the storage location. No matter, whether you use Microsoft account or Local account, Windows always stores all those images in a certain location. You just have to find it and delete them according to you.
But, before deleting, you need to show hidden folders. To show hidden folders, there are several methods you can follow.
How to Hide File/Folder in Windows 10?
Both methods are simple and not much time-consuming.
#1 Method
Open File Explorer, click on the Ribbon, go to View tab, click on Options & Change folder and search options.
Go to the View tab and check the box that says Show hidden files, folders and drives.
Therefore, click on OK.
#2 Method
Press Ctrl + X, click on Control Panel, change the view to Large icons, click on File Explorer Options. After that, go to the View tab and check the box that says Show hidden files, folders and drives.
Therefore, click on OK.
#3 Method
You can also use Cortana to open File Explorer Options and unhide hidden files. To do so, click on the Cortana search box on Taskbar, type file explorer options and click on the search result.
Then, follow the same method what is mentioned above.
Remove Old Profile Pictures from Windows 10
After unhiding the hidden files/folder, you need to go to a certain location to delete stored images. Here you have two methods to go to that location. You can either follow the following path,
Or, you can directly go to that location using Run prompt. To use Run prompt, press Win + R together, paste the following line in your RUN prompt and hit enter.
Here you will get all those images what is being used as your profile picture and have used as your display picture. You can select and remove them all.
After removing, you will get the Account settings like this,
Final Word
Instead of storing those unused images, you can easily delete them, so that you can get a neat and clean user interface. Obviously, it will not consume a lot of space but still, this seems useful.
Windows 10 provides its users with a high level of personalization. One of these features is the ability to edit one’s account picture. Select the links below to learn how to add, change, and delete an account picture in Windows 10.
- How to add or change a picture using Windows.
- How to add or change a picture via your Microsoft account.
- How to delete an account picture.
How to add or change a picture using Windows
This section contains details on how to add or change a profile image using the Windows Accounts feature.
- Press the Windows key , then type Settings and press Enter . Or, press the keyboard shortcutWindows key + I .
- In the Settings window, click Accounts.
- On the left side of the window, click Your info.
- Under Create your picture on the right side (you may need to scroll down), click Camera to take a picture with your computer’s camera, or select Browse for one to use a stored photo.
- If you chose Browse for one, navigate to the folder with the picture you want to use, click the picture once to select it, and click the Choose picture button.
How to add or change a picture via your Microsoft account
This section contains details on how to add or change a profile image on the web by logging in to your Microsoft account.
- Open your Internet browser of choice and navigate to the Microsoft account page.
- If you’re not automatically logged in, click the Sign in link in the top-right corner of the page.
- Once you are logged in, click your profile picture in the upper-left part of the screen.
- In the prompt that appears, click the Add a photo link.
- Navigate to the photo you’re interested in setting as your profile picture. Click the picture once to select it, and then click the Choose picture button.
- If you’d like, use the slider to resize the picture, then click the Save button.
How to delete an account picture
These sections show you how to delete images from your account pictures folder in Windows or remove a profile picture from your Microsoft account page.
Via Windows
- Press the Windows key + E to open Windows Explorer.
- Type the following text in the address bar at the top, but replace “Username” with your account name.
- Once you’ve entered the text above ( A), you are taken to the folder that holds your account photos. Click any picture files ( B) and press Delete to remove them.
- These photos are removed from the Your info section of your account details the next time you log in to Windows or restart your computer.
Via Microsoft account
- Open your Internet browser of choice and navigate to the Microsoft account page.
- If you’re not automatically logged in, click the Sign in link in the top-right corner of the page.
- Once you are logged in, click your profile picture in the upper-left section of the screen.
- In the prompt that appears, click the Remove photo link.
- At the next prompt, click the Yes button to confirm the removal of the picture.
If you want your account picture to have more of a personal touch and reflect you, you can change your picture in Windows 11.
Change your account picture
You can change the picture for either a Windows account or a Microsoft account. Here’s how.
Tip: If you use just a username and password to sign in to Windows 11, you’re using a local account to access Windows. If you use an email address and password to sign in, you’re using a Microsoft account.
Change your account picture in Windows 11
Select the Start > Settings > Accounts > Your info.
Under Adjust your photo, select Browse files. Or, if your device has a camera, select Take a photo and take a selfie.
Note: Windows remembers the last three pictures you’ve used. Select the picture on the Your info page to switch to that one.
Change your Microsoft account picture in Windows 11
Select Add a photo or Change photo, then follow the instructions.
Note: Windows remembers the last three pictures you’ve used, so you can easily switch back to a recent favorite.
Delete an account picture
Windows is designed to let you switch between your three most recent pictures on the Your info page. If you really need to delete one of your account pictures:
Open File Explorer from the taskbar. If you don’t see File Explorer on the taskbar, select Start and type File Explorer.
Go to C:\Users\ yourname\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures.
Replace yourname with your account name.
If you’re unable to find the AppData folder in File Explorer , it might be hidden. Select the View > Show > Hidden items to show all items in a folder.
Delete the account picture you no longer want to use.
If you want your account picture to have more of a personal touch and reflect you, you can change your picture in Windows 10.
Change your account picture
You can change the picture for either a local account or a Microsoft account. Here’s how.
Tip: If you use just a username and password to sign in to Windows 10, you’re using a local account. If you use an email address and password to sign in, you’re using a Microsoft account.
Change your local account picture in Windows 10
Select the Start button, then select Settings > Accounts > Your info.
Under Create your picture, select Browse for one. Or, if your device has a camera, select Camera and take a selfie.
Note: Windows remembers the last three pictures you’ve used. Select the picture on the Your info page to switch to that one.
Change your Microsoft account picture in Windows 10
Select Add picture or Change picture, then follow the instructions.
Note: Windows remembers the last three pictures you’ve used, so you can easily switch back to a recent favorite.
Delete an account picture
Windows is designed to let you switch between your three most recent pictures on the Your info page. If you really need to delete one of your account pictures:
Open File Explorer from the taskbar. If you don’t see File Explorer on the taskbar, select Start , and type File Explorer.
Go to C:\Users\ yourname\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\AccountPictures.
Replace yourname with your account name.
If you’re unable to find the AppData folder in File Explorer , it might be hidden. Select the View setting and select the checkbox next to Hidden Items to show all items in a folder.
Delete the account picture you no longer want to use.
Brady Gavin has been immersed in technology for 15 years and has written over 150 detailed tutorials and explainers. He’s covered everything from Windows 10 registry hacks to Chrome browser tips. Brady has a diploma in Computer Science from Camosun College in Victoria, BC. Read more.
Windows 10 lets you customize the look of the lock screen with personalized pictures within the Settings app. It also remembers the last five images you used. If you don’t like any of the default images in the history—or want a fresh start—you can remove them from the suggested images.
Your lock screen history in the Settings app shows five images that Windows picks randomly from a hidden folder on your system. These images include any that you’ve previously used as a lock screen background.
By default, Windows shows the five most recently used images, so you could add new images to push out old ones from the suggestions. The trouble is that those images still exist in the folder of lock screen images and sometimes Windows will get mixed up and not just show the most recent images.
There is a way to remove these images. You will have to jump through a couple of hoops, though.
The first hoop involves finding the right folder. Windows stores all these images in the following location:
The User_Account_Security_Identifier part of that path is different for everyone. Each user account on the computer has a different Security Identifier (SID). To find yours, fire up the Command Prompt or PowerShell and type the following command at the prompt:
Note: The SID is much longer than what’s shown in the image above. We’ve masked out most of ours because, well, it’s a security identifier.
Now comes the second hoop through which you’ll need to jump. Once you have the SID, you can navigate to the right folder. However, the System Data folder is protected by Windows. When you try to open it, you’ll see this message.
And if you click the “Continue” button on that message, you’ll get this one next.
To resolve this, you’ll need to take ownership of the System Data folder (and while you’re doing so, make sure you select the option to replace all child object permissions so that you take ownership of the subfolders, too). If you’re not familiar with that process, it’s not hard to do, but there are several steps to the process. Check out our guide to taking ownership of a folder in Windows, take ownership of the System Data folder, and then follow along with the rest of the process here.
Now that you know the folder you want and you’ve taken ownership of the System Data folder; there’s nothing left to stand in your way. Open the folder, and you’ll see a few subfolders inside. Open the one that matches your SID and then open the “ReadOnly” folder inside that.
Now, you should see a bunch of folders whose names start with “LockScreen_” and end with different letters. Each of these folders holds one image in your lock screen history.
Open any folder to check the images inside. Each folder contains four different resolutions of the same image—the original and three thumbnail versions. If the image is one you want to get rid of, Click on any folder to make sure it’s the correct one you want to get rid of.
If the image is one you want to get rid of, back up to the “ReadOnly” folder and delete the folder containing the images you don’t want. If you want to delete all previous lock screen images, go ahead and delete all the “LockScreen_x” folders.
That’s all there is to it. After you delete the images from this folder, they will disappear from the history in the Settings app. You may need to close and re-open Settings for it to refresh. Windows will show only its default images on the Settings page and will create additional folders in that SID folder as you add more lock screen images.
It’s a lot more complicated than it needs to be for such a minor thing, but at least you can do it if you want to.
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Windows 10 uses a simple default picture or avatar on the Windows 10 login screen. There is no built-in way to remove that picture, but we have a workaround for you to remove or replace the Default Account Picture in this guide.
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There are two steps to making this work.
1: Replace the Default PNG
Open File Explorer and go to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures.
Note that the ProgramData folder is a hidden . You will also need to check the box next to File name extensions to see the file extension and add .bak.
Rename user-192.png to user-192.png.bak and copy the User-192.png you downloaded to this folder.
2: Edit the Registry or Group Policy Editor
Now we need to make a simple registry modification. You can also use Group Policy Editor on Windows 10 Pro, but the registry edit is simple and works for everybody.
Open the registry editor and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
Right-click in the right pane and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name it UseDefaultTile. Next, double-click on UseDefaultTile and change the Value Data to 1.
Sign out or reboot.
Advanced users who want to use Group Policy Editor can navigate to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\User accounts and enable Apply the default account picture to all users.
Your Default Account Picture should now be gone:
Each account on Windows 10 will have its own account picture set by the users. Most of the enterprises will want to set their logo for the user accounts pictures. However, some users will want to change the account picture of all users back to the default ones. This can be done by following one of the methods in this article. In addition to that, users can also replace the default pictures for the user and guest accounts.
The Group Policy Editor is not available on Windows 10 Home Editions; therefore, we have included a registry Method that you can use to modify the setting.
Default account pictures
Setting Default Account Picture to All Users
Users can change their account picture in the user settings of the Windows. You can also reset all of the account’s pictures back to default ones or to a company logo. There is a policy in the Local Group Policy Editor that can help the companies put their logo for all user accounts. The same can be done by using the Registry Editor. This will also disable the settings of changing the account picture through the default user account settings.
Method 1: Setting Default Account Picture through Local Group Policy Editor
The Local Group Policy Editor is the easiest way to customize the settings of your Windows operating system. All of the policies already exist and the user just needs to edit it. You can set the default account picture for all the users by just enabling a single policy.
Note: The Local Group Policy Editor is only available on Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Pro, and Windows 10 Education editions. If you have a different Windows 10 version, then directly jump to method 2.
If your system has the Local Group Policy Editor, then follow the below steps to set the default picture for all user accounts:
- Press Windows + R keys together to open the Run dialog. Then, type “gpedit.msc” in it and press Enter to open the Local Group Policy Editor. Select Yes at the UAC (User Account Control) prompt.
Opening Local Group Policy Editor
- Navigate to the following location in the Local Group Policy Editor:
Opening the policy
- In the right pane, double-click the policy named “Apply the default account picture to all users“. To enable this policy, modify the toggle from Not Configured to Enabled option. Then, click the Ok/Apply button to apply the changes.
Editing the policy
- Now try to check the account pictures for all users and they will all be set to default ones.
Method 2: Setting Default Account Picture through Registry Editor
The Registry Editor is another way to set the default account picture for all users. This method is not as simple as the Local Group Policy Editor one, but it will do the same work. Users need to have knowledge about the keys and values that they will be editing or creating in the Registry Editor. So yes, it is a bit technical, but by following the below steps, you will easily be able to make it work:
- Press the Windows + R keys together to open the Run dialog, then type “regedit” in the box and press Enter to open Registry Editor. Press Yes for the UAC (User Account Control) prompt.
Opening the Registry Editor
- Follow the below path to navigate to the specific key in the Registry Editor:
- Now create new value by right-clicking anywhere on the right pane and choosing New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name the following value as UseDefaultTile.
Creating a new value
- Double-click on the value to edit it. Change the Value data from “0” to “1” to enable it. Click on the Ok button to save changes.
Enabling the value
- Lastly, close the Registry Editor and restart your computer to make sure the changes take effect.
Additional: Changing Default Account Picture with Another Picture
You can also change the default account profile image of the Windows 10. The default account pictures are located in a folder and the user can replace it with the other images of their own. By changing these images and applying the above methods, the user will get their own company logo (or related) for all user accounts. However, make sure the sizes of images are correct accordingly. Follow the below steps to try it out:
- Open the File Explorer in your computer and go to the following location:
Note: You can copy the default images to some other location before replacing them or just rename them with old.
Now here you can replace the images with the images that you want. The “user.jpg” is the default account picture, so you need to replace it with the same name. Copying images over the default ones
Note: You can replace the other images too for different sizes, which will be used for other places. The number in front of the name is the size; like 32 is 32×32, 40 is 40×40, and so on.
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One of our users reported that he is unable to completely delete a user profile from his Windows 10 OS. They say that when they delete user accounts using Accounts feature, those accounts reappear once the computer is restarted.
Users can be created, modified or deleted using GUI or using command prompt / PowerShell commands. In this article, we will cover the Windows 10 GUI process to create and delete a user account completely from the system.
Right-Click on Start (Windows Logo) and select Settings from the list.
Click on Accounts | Family or other people | Add someone else to this PC
For this purpose, we will create a local account instead of a user with a Microsoft account.
In the How will this person sign-in click I don’t have this person’s sign-in information and then Add a user without a Microsoft account.
Now you are able to modify user change account type of the user (Standard vs Administrator) or you can remove this account and its profile folder.
You can also manage user accounts in an old-fashion way that’s still the best way and that I would recommend over this fancy Microsoft GUI way.
Right-click on Start (Windows Logo) and select Computer Management
In the left pane navigate to Local Users and Groups
In the right pane double-click Users and here you can manage users more easily. Please have in mind that using Computer Management you won’t be able to create a new user account that uses Microsoft account. For that purpose please use the Accounts panel from the beginning of this article.
In order to completely delete the user account and its profile please do the following:
Delete the user by choosing the Remove button from the Accounts panel.
Open Computer Management, navigate to Users and check if the user has been deleted. If not, delete the user from Computer Management.
Open Registry editor (regedit) and navigate to: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList”.
Expand the ProfileList folder and search for accounts with long identifiers as in the picture below
Once you select the folder in the ProfileList, in the right pane look for “ProfileImagePath” key and see the user account that this registry key refers to. If there’s a key for the user account that has been deleted, you can safely delete that key.
If you’ll still have issues with deleting user accounts on Windows 10, please post below and I’ll try to help.
Every time you create a new user account in Windows, it will set a default user account picture. In Windows 10 the default picture is a very generic wireframe user icon on a dark grey background. Users can update the user account picture from the control panel or the Settings app.
If you don’t like the default user account icon, you can change it to the icon or picture of your choice. You can even standardize the default user account icon by preventing users from changing it.
Also read: How to Disable a User Account in Windows 10
Change Default Account Picture
Windows stores the default user account icon in the PNG format within a system folder in a variety of sizes. By replacing these default pictures with the icon of our choice, we can change the default account picture.
1. First, download the picture or icon of your choice that is at least 512px x 512px. Make sure that the width and height are the same. Now, create five copies of the icon and resize and rename them as follows:
- 448 x 448 – user.png
- 192 x 192 – user-192.png
- 48 x 48 – user-48.png
- 40 x 40 – user-40.png
- 32 x 32 – user-32.png
2. Once you are done, launch File Explorer and go to the “%ProgramData%\Microsoft\User Account Pictures” folder. Here you will see all the default user account icons.
3. Rename “user.png,” “user-192.png,” “user-48.png,” “user-40.png,” and “user-32.png” to “user.png.bkp,” “user-192.png.bkp,” “user-48.png.bkp,” “user-40.png.bkp,” and “user-32.png.bkp” respectively. You can ignore the “user.bmp” file.
Note: If you don’t want to go through the renaming process, you can simply delete or replace them. But if you do that, you might not be able to restore the default icons when needed. You can simply copy the icons from another system though.
4. After renaming, copy and paste the earlier resized and renamed icons into the “User Account Pictures” folder. This is how it looks once you are done.
5. Finally, restart your system.
From now on, whenever you create a new user account or when a user doesn’t set the user account picture, the modified custom icon will appear.
Prevent Changing Account Picture Using Group Policy
If you don’t want users to change their user account picture, you can block that option using the Group Policy editor.
1. Open the Start menu, search for “gpedit.msc,” right-click on it and select the option “Run as administrator.”
2. In the group policy editor go to “Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> User Accounts.” In the right panel double-click on the “Apply the default account picture to all users” policy to open it.
3. Select “Enabled” in the policy properties window, and click on the “OK” button to save the changes.
That is all. Once the system is restarted, users will no longer be able to change the default account picture.
If you want to revert back, select either the “Disabled” or “Not configured” option in the policy properties window.
Also read: How to Fix “User Profile Service Failed the Sign-in” Error for Windows
Prevent Changing Account Picture Using Registry
If you don’t have access to the Group Policy Editor, you can do the same thing via Registry Editor.
1. Search for “regedit” in the Start menu, right-click on it and select the option “Run as administrator.”
2. In the Registry Editor go to the following location:
3. In the right panel right-click and select “New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value.” Name the new value as “UseDefaultTile.”
4. Double-click on the value, set the Value Data as “1” and click on the “OK” button.
If you want to revert back, either change the value data to “0” or delete the value.
Comment below sharing your thoughts and experiences regarding using the above method to change the default user account picture in Windows.
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Set Windows 10 to remove unused accounts on its own
In most of the cases, home users have configured one, maybe two, user accounts for their computers, and this makes perfect sense given they are the only ones who use these devices.
In the enterprise, however, this is something rather unusual, especially in the case of shared computers where several users work on the same system with different rights.
IT pros typically configure these computers depending on the tasks a certain employee has to do, so creating user accounts for each of them guarantees data privacy and, at the same time, system stability by not allowing access to critical parts of the OS.
Managing a Windows 10 system with several user accounts can be quite a challenge, especially when new ones are added regularly. And needless to say, the more accounts are being created, the bigger the impact can be on system stability, and this is why it’s important to always remove accounts that aren’t being used.
Obviously doing this on tens of computers within a network isn’t something that IT pros are usually super-excited about, but fortunately, Windows 10 comes with special tools that can help with this.
I’m talking about a dedicated policy that exists on Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise and which makes it possible to automatically delete user accounts that haven’t been accessed in a longer period of time.
What’s more, this policy allows you to configure how old these accounts have to be before being removed, and without a doubt, this is the feature that most IT pros are interested in.
In order to reach this policy, you need to launch the Group Policy Editor with an administrator account. In the Start menu, type gpedit.msc and then navigate to the following location:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > User Profiles The policy that we’re going to use is located on the right side of the screen and it is called: Delete user profiles older than a specified number of days on system restart While its name is pretty self-explanatory, the description of the policy provides a few more details on its purpose and how it works:
“This policy setting allows an administrator to automatically delete user profiles on system restart that have not been used within a specified number of days. Note: One day is interpreted as 24 hours after a specific user profile was accessed.”
By default, this policy is obviously Not Configured, so you need to double-click it to change its status. Click the Enabled option and then in the Options box, select the number of days that you want Windows to perform the check and delete the older accounts.
You can choose any number of days between 1 and 99,999, though you’re recommended to stick with 30, 60, or 90 days. Therefore, accounts older than one, two, or three months would be automatically removed from the system.
Needless to say, if you just want to return to the previous configuration and allow all accounts to be retained on the system, you can just disable the policy or switch it back to not configured.
The older user profiles are deleted when the system is rebooted, so if you’re trying to set this policy on a computer that stays on all the time, remember that no changes would be made without a restart. However, given that you’re supposed to reboot the system at least once every month when you install security updates, that shouldn’t be a problem.
This trick works on all Windows 10 versions, including the recently-released October 2018 Update, and the policy will also be retained in 19H1.
By: Waseem Patwegar
If you are dealing with a Corrupted User Profile or unwanted User Profiles, you will find below two different methods to Remove User Profiles in Windows 10.
Remove User Profile in Windows 10
When you Create User Account in Windows 10, the system creates a User Profile containing User Specific data that defines that particular User’s working environment.
User Profile Folder are located at path C:\Users\Username and they typically contain hidden System Files, Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Downloads and Favourites Folders.
When you delete User Profile in Windows 10, all your Files, Photos, Documents and registry entries linked to the User Profile will be permanently deleted.
However, the User Account will still remain available and Windows will automatically create New User Files, when you login to the User Account.
Note: You cannot remove ‘User Profile’ while you are still logged into the same User Profile that you want to remove.
1. Remove User Profile Using Run Command
This method removes the complete User Profile from your computer along with all Registry Entries related to the User Profile.
1. Right-click on the Start button and click on Run .
2. In Run Command window, type SystemPropertiesAdvanced and click on OK .
3. On Advanced System Properties screen, click on the Settings button located under ‘User Profiles’ section.
4. On the next screen, select the User Profile that you want to remove and click on the Delete button.
5. On the confirmation pop-up, click on the Delete option to confirm.
The time to delete User Profile will depend on the number of Files associated with the User Profile.
After the User Profile is removed, Windows will automatically Create User Files, when you login to this User Account.
2. Manually Remove User Profile in Windows 10
Another way to remove User Profile in Window 10 is to manually delete the User Profile Folder located at path C:\Users\Username and also delete Registry Entries belonging to the User.
2.1 Delete User Profile Folder
Login to your Admin Account or another User Account with Login Privileges and follow the steps below to Delete User Profile Folder.
1. Open the File Explorer on your computer.
2. On File Explorer screen, navigate to This PC > Local Disk (C:) and open the Users Folder.
3. In Users Folder, right-click on the User Profile that you want to remove and click on the Delete option.
2.2. Delete User Profile Registry Entry
After the User Folder is deleted, you still have to delete the Registry Entry related to the User Profile.
1. Open the Run Command > type regedit and click on OK .
2. On Registry Editor screen, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList .
3. Open the ProfileList Folder and you will find Folders starting with S-1-5. Each of these Folders represent a User Profile created on your computer.
The only way to find S-1-5 Folder that belongs to the User Profile that you want to delete is by opening each S-1-5 Folder and taking a look at ProfileImagePath Entry in the Data Column.
As you can see in above image, the User Name is available in ‘Data’ Column for ProfileImagePath Entry.
4. Once you find the right S-1-5 Folder, right-click on the S-1-5 Folder and click on the Delete option.
5. Close the Registry Editor and Restart your computer.
As mentioned above, Windows 10 will automatically create all the required File/Folder structure for the User Profile when you login to the User Account.
Windows 10 allows users to sign in from the login screen by selecting a user account and password (where applicable). This allows the PC administrator to control unauthorized access to information or programs on the computer. Each profile has a username and a picture, visible from the login screen and from the Windows Start menu.
This article will take you through the process of changing the profile picture and the username in Windows 10.
How to Change User Profile Picture in Windows 10?
- Go to the Windows Start menu and right-click the profile picture or the avatar icon, if you have no picture.
- Click “Change account settings” to open the account properties in the setting app.
- Under “Your info” section, you will find the user account details displayed on the right-side panel.
- Scroll down to the “Create your picture” heading. You can choose to take a photo with the webcam or browse from your PC files.
- If you have an existing photo on your computer, go to “Browse for one”, select a photo and click the “Choose picture” button.
- Windows will automatically add and display the newly added picture on “Your info” page.
How to Change Your Profile Username in Windows 10?
In Windows 10, you can sign in with your local account or Microsoft account. In each of the case, you change the name that appears on the login screen or under your info in the user account settings.
Method 1: How to change your local account username in Control Panel
- Press the “Win + R” keys on your keyboard, type “Control” and click “Ok” to open the control panel.
- On the Control Panel, open the “Change account type” under the “User Accounts” options.
- This will list all the user profiles on your computer. Select the local account you wish to change.
- Click the link for changing the account name (first option).
- Type the new name and click the “Change Name” button.
- Windows will update the change on the list of accounts automatically.
Method 2: How to your profile username when signed in with a Microsoft account
- Go to the Start Menu click on the user account and select the “Change account settings” link.
- Click the link for managing your Microsoft account and enter your password when asked to verify.
- On your Microsoft profile page, click the “More Actions” arrow and select “Edit profile”
- You can access the same page by switching to the “Your info” tab at the top of the page.
- Click “Edit Name”, enter your first and last name, the security code and then click the “Save” button.
- You can also change the MS account profile picture from here. Click “Change Picture” on the left side of the screen.
- Browser for a picture in your local files, resize the picture and click “Save”.
- When you sign in to Windows, your computer will automatically download and display the new Microsoft Account details (name and picture).
Method 3: How to Change your profile username in Windows 10 User Account Manager
- Press “Win + R” to open the Run utility, type “netplwiz” and then click “Ok” to open the User Account Manager.
- Select the username from the list and go to its “Properties”.
- Change the “Username” field to your preferred short username and for the “Full name” enter the name that you want to be displayed on the sign-in screen.
- Click “Apply” and then “Ok” to confirm the change.
- Then click the “Ok” button on the Accounts Manager window to exit.
- Windows will display the name you entered in the “Full name” text field on the user accounts list.
Note: Changing the profile username in Windows 10 may create some confusion and compromise your user experience, since the change does not apply to user folder in “C:\Users”.
- To prevent the problem you need to edit the registry to change the User Profile Folder path.
- Open the Registry editor by running “regedit” command in Run, and follow the following path “Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList” and expand the “ProfileList” folder.
- Click through the various sub-keys to find the “ProfileImagePath” for the account you want to change.
- Double-click the key and replace the old profile name with the new one in the path.
- Click “Ok” to save the changes, exit the Registry editor and restart your computer.
Conclusion
You can change the sign-in username and profile picture from either the windows settings or the Windows User Account Manager. However, if you are signed in with a Microsoft profile, you will have to access your account online and make the changes. In both cases, your new name and picture will display on your computer login screen and the Start menu. Remember to edit the profile user folder to avoid problems when working with Windows 10.
By: Waseem Patwegar
If you are dealing with multiple unused User Accounts and want to remove them, you will find below the steps to remove or Delete User Account in Windows 10.
Delete User Account in Windows 10
Windows 10 makes it really easy to Create Local User Accounts, which allows two or more people to use a computer with their own sign-in credentials, files, apps, and settings.
Similarly, it is easy to Delete User Accounts in Windows 10, if you are no longer using a particular User Account.
Deleting a User Account will permanently remove the User Account from your computer, along with all the Files associated with the User and you will no longer be able to login to the User Account.
The other option is to Delete User Profile, which also deletes all Files associated with the User, but leaves a blank User Account that you can Login to and reuse.
Note: In order to Delete User Accounts, you need to login to your Admin Account or a User Account with Admin privileges.
1. Delete User Account and User Files
The easiest way to Delete Local User Accounts in Windows 10 is by using the Settings App on your computer.
1. Click on the Start button and then click on the Settings icon .
2. On the settings screen, click on the Accounts tab.
3. On the Accounts screen, click on Family and other users in the left-pane. In the right-pane, select the User account that you want to delete and click on Remove .
4. On the confirmation pop-up, click on Delete Account and data button to confirm.
As mentioned above, the User Account will be permanently deleted from your computer, along with all the Files and Settings linked to the User Account.
2. Delete User Account and Save User Files to Desktop
Windows 10 automatically offers the option to save User’s Files when you try to delete a User Account from the Control Panel.
1. Right-click on the Start button and click on Run .
2. In the Run Command window, type Control Panel and click on OK .
3. On the Control Panel screen, make sure that you are in Category view and click on User Accounts .
4. On User Accounts screen, click on Remove User Accounts link.
5. On the next screen, select the User Account that you want to delete.
6. Click on Delete the Account link.
7. On Delete Account page, click on Keep Files button.
Once you click on Keep Files, Windows 10 will automatically create a Folder with the User’s Name on your desktop and move all the Files associated with this User to the Folder.
By Alisa | Follow | Last Updated January 20, 2021
Summary :
Check the guides for how to delete desktop background images in Windows 10, how to clear recently used desktop background pictures, how to delete lock screen image in Windows 10, etc. For Windows users, you can find many useful free tools from MiniTool Software, e.g. MiniTool Power Data Recovery, MiniTool Partition Manager, etc.
You can freely set the desktop background image in Windows 10. You can use the default Windows 10 background images, download HD or 4K wallpapers from image sites, or use your own image as the Windows 10 desktop wallpaper.
Every image you used as the background is stored in computer. If you want to delete the desktop background or clear recently used desktop background images in Windows 10, you can check the step-by-step guide below.
How to Delete Desktop Background Images in Windows 10
How to Delete System Background Images
- Double-click This PC to open File Explorer.
- Click as the following directory: C:\Windows\Web. This is Window 10 wallpaper location.
- Open Wallpaper folder, and you can check the Windows 10 system background images in those folders.
- Open one folder and right-click one image to select Delete. This will delete the desktop background images from your Windows 10 computer.
How to Delete Uploaded Desktop Background Images
If you can find the image location, you can locate it and right-click it and select Delete to delete the picture. If you can find the location of the picture, you can follow the steps below to find and delete it.
- Right-click the blank area of desktop and select Personalize.
- Click Themes from the left column, and you can see the image name under Background.
- Search the image name in File Explorer. Find the target image and delete it.
How to Clear Recently Used Desktop Background Images in Windows 10
If you want to remove recently used desktop background images and clear the Windows 10 background history, you can follow the steps below.
- Press Windows + R, type regedit, and press Enter to open Registry Editor in Windows 10.
- Click as follows: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers.
- After you click Wallpapers key, you can find a few values in the right window named BackgroundHistoryPath followed by numbers.
- You can right-click one value and click Delete to delete the desktop background image in Windows 10. You can delete the history background images in batch. After you delete the backgrounds, Windows will rebuild these values with its default wallpapers.
Tip: You should be careful to edit the registry. Before you edit the Windows Registry, it’s advised you back up registry first in case something goes wrong and causes computer crash. Learn: backup and restore registry.
How to Delete Lock Screen Image in Windows 10
You can go to C:\Windows\Web\Screen folder, right-click the lock screen image and select Delete to delete lock screen image in Windows 10.
To change the lock screen image in Windows 10:
- Right-click the blank area on the desktop and click Personalize.
- Click Lock screen in the left panel.
- Click Picture under Background. You can change the lock screen image in this window.
Bottom Line
If you want to delete desktop background images/wallpapers or lock screen images, clear recently used desktop background images in Windows 10, you can follow the above guide.
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n Microsoft Windows operating system when you want to delete a user account, the user profile will remain in the root directory of Windows. If you want to remove user profile correctly and completely from your system, follow the step by step article until you have deleted the user account and removed a user profile from your system drive and get free your hard disk.
How to Delete User Account in Windows 10?
Delete Windows 10 user profile correctly:
- Backup user account files.
- Delete user account.
- Delete User Profile.
Note: Before deleting Windows 10 user profile, try to backup important data then apply the following article.
Step 1: In Windows press Windows +R to open the Run and type “lusrmgr.msc” for opening the windows Local user and group manager. The local users and groups manager let you create a user account, delete user account or remove user account and manage users and groups settings.
2. Now select the Users to see the existing users on your computer. To delete a user account, right-click the user name and select Delete to delete a user account.
Note: you can’t remove the built-in administrator of your computer, but you can delete user accounts you have created.
3. Finally, on the prompt screen, hit Yes button to complete the process to delete Windows 10 user account.
Now you have deleted user account only, and the user profile remains on the system drive. Let’s remove user profile completely from the system. If the profile remains on the system, it will use disk spaces.
How to Remove User Profile in Windows 10?
In step 2, try to delete the remain user account profile from the system drive. To remove a user account profile, you need to have administrator privilege.
Step 2: Remove User Profile. Type “sysdm.cpl” on Windows Run and press enter to open System Properties.
Now the user account has been deleted successfully and the user profile removed from your system also. Deleting user profile will prevent the system from keeping other deleted user account profiles on your computer.
How to Delete User Profile in Windows 10? – Video
This (delete user profile) is going to make us a bit crazy. Some users comment us that have a problem with deleting Windows 10 user profile with above method. I have tested again and created a video to delete a user account profile correctly in Windows 10. In this video tutorial, I have explained two methods to delete the user profile. The first method is the above but the second one is using a DelProf2 app. This app works perfectly in this tutorial.
Hope this video can help you to delete some corrupted or remove user profile without any issue.
Let us know if you still have any problem with deleting users profile in Windows 10 or other Windows.
Deleting an administrator account can be done in two ways. In Settings, go to Accounts > Family & other users, choose a user, then click Remove. In Control Panel, switch to Small Icons view then go to User Accounts > Manage another account. Select a user, click on Delete account, and then decide if you want to keep or delete the user’s files. Here’s how to delete an administrator account in Windows 10:
How to Delete an Administrator Account in Settings
- Click the Windows Start button. This button is located in the lower-left corner of your screen. It is shaped like the Windows logo.
- Click on Settings. This is the button that is shaped like a gear icon.
- Then choose Accounts.
- Select Family & other users. You can find this in the left sidebar.
- Choose the admin account you want to delete.
- Click on Remove.
Note: The person using the admin account must first sign off from the computer. Otherwise, his account will not be removed yet.
How to Delete an Administrator Account in Control Panel
- Click the magnifying glass icon in the lower-left corner.
- Type Control Panel into the Windows Search Bar.
- Change the view to Small icons.
- Then click on User Accounts.
- Next, click Manage another account.
- Choose the user you would like to delete as admin.
- Click on the Delete the account link.
- Choose Delete Files or Keep Files. Selecting Keep Files will create a folder with the user’s files on the desktop.
Now that you know how to delete an administrator account on Windows 10, check out our guide on how to change which user is an administrator.
Just like Windows 10, Windows 11 has an option to create multiple local user accounts, allowing users to create a separate account for each user using the computer.
On techviral, we have already shared a step-by-step guide on adding a local user account on Windows 11. The process is straightforward, and it doesn’t need Microsoft Account. However, what if you want to remove any existing user profile in Windows 11?
Deleting a user profile on Windows 11 doesn’t require installing third-party apps or using advanced tools like CMD/Powershell. To delete the existing user profile, you can use the Windows 11 Setting app, Control Panel, or the User Account Wizard.
3 Best Methods to Delete User Profile in Windows 11
So, if you are looking for ways to delete a user profile in Windows 11, you are reading the right guide. In this article, we will share a step-by-step guide on how to delete a user profile in Windows 11. Let’s check out.
1) Delete User Profile via Settings App
In this method, we will use the Windows 11 Settings app to delete a user profile. Here are some of the simple steps you need to follow.
1. First of all, click on the Windows 11 Start button and select Settings.
2. On the Settings app, click on the Accounts option located on the left pane.
3. On the right pane, click on the ‘Family & other users’ option.
4. On the Other user’s section, click on the user profile name to expand the section.
5. Once expanded, click on the Remove button.
6. On the confirmation prompt, click on the Delete account and data option.
That’s it! You are done. This is how you can delete a user profile in Windows 11 via the settings app.
2) Deleting a User Profile via Control Panel
In this method, we will use the Windows 11 Control Panel to delete a user profile. Here are some of the simple steps you need to follow.
1. First, click on the Windows 11 Search and type in Control Panel.
2. On the control panel, click on the User Accounts option.
3. Click on the ‘Remove user accounts’ link on the next page.
4. Now, you need to select the account that you want to delete.
5. On the next screen, click on the Delete the account link.
6. Now, you will be asked whether you want to keep the files saved by the user. Click on the Delete files button if you don’t want the files.
That’s it! You are done. This is how you can delete a user profile in Windows 11 via Control Panel.
3) Delete a User Profile via User Accounts Wizard
User Account profiles can be used to delete user profiles in bulk. This one is easier compared to the previous two methods. However, this option is not available on every Windows 11 build. Here are some of the simple steps you need to follow.
1. First, press the Windows Key + R button to open the RUN dialog box. On the RUN dialog box, enter netplwiz and hit the Enter button.
2. On the User Accounts wizard, click on the Users tab and select the account you want to remove.
3. Now click on the Remove button, as shown in the screenshot below.
4. On the confirmation prompt, click on the Yes button.
That’s it! You are done. This is how you can delete a user profile in Windows 11 via User Accounts Wizard.
Creating & deleting a user profile in Windows 11 is pretty straightforward. You can rely on any of these three methods to delete existing user profiles in the operating system. I hope this article helped you! Please share it with your friends also. If you have any doubts related to this, let us know in the comment box below.
A simple task for Windows users! Let me ask you. Do you know how to delete Windows 10 user account and profiles correctly? I’m sure your answer is a big No! And because of this you are reading this article to learn how to delete Windows 10 user account and profile correctly.
What is User Account and User Profile?
Let me explain a bit about User Account and User Profile in Windows operating system. It will help you to understand more about the structure of a user account in Windows.
- User Account: An authorised user name and password for a user on Windows in order to login to a system.
- User Profile: The files and documents related to a User Account on a Windows system. It is a folder contains a user system desktop files. The other standard users can not access to this folder. But the administrator of a system can see the contents of a profile, even another administrator account.
I hope you got the functionality and roles of a user account and user profile on Windows operating system.
Delete User Profiles in Windows
How to Delete Windows 10 User Account and Profile?
Let’s simply first delete Windows 10 user account and then going to remove the profile’s of that user account. We can manage user accounts and groups in Windows with local user and group manager.
1. To manage user accounts in Windows, type “lusrmgr.msc” on Windows Run and press enter. On local users and groups you see all user accounts of your Windows.
Windows 10 Local Users and Groups
2. Select the user account you want to delete, then right click and click Delete to delete user account.
Delete Windows 10 User Account
It will delete Windows user account but the user profile will be remain on Users folder in Windows drive. So let’s delete user profile from Windows drive.
3. Navigate to Windows drive and Users folder to see all user account profiles. You can not delete user profile like a simple folder.
Delete User Account and Profile
4. To delete user account profile correctly in Windows 10, type “Sysdm.cpl” on Windows Run and press enter to open System Properties. On system properties select Advanced tab.
Windows 10 System Properties
5. On system properties Advanced tab, click Settings under User Profiles to see all user account profiles.
List of User Account Profiles in Windows 10
6. The Account Unknown is the profile’s of the deleted user account. So select the Account Unknown and click Delete button.
Are you sure you want to delete the profile
7. On the Confirm Delete page, click Yes to delete user profile permanently from your Windows drive.
You can delete the other users and profiles also. But the Administrator account is will not delete from your system.
How to delete Windows 10 User Account and Profile?
If you are not prefer to read article, watch this video to learn how to correctly delete User Account Profile in Windows 10 and other Windows.
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In the photo app in Windows 10 there are tons of pictures showing even though I removed all the source folders.
If I added new folders, the old pictures are still showing.
What do I need to do, so that only pictures from the CURRENT source folders are showing and NOT from the ones that I’ve already removed?
This is an old thread but this issue was occurring on my computer, Windows 10 Pro, version 1909, build 18363.720. When clicking the Start button, 5 cached images would carousel-rotate on the Microsoft Photos application tile in the “Life at a glance” section. Here are the steps that worked for me.
Open Settings. Navigate to Apps. On the Apps and features, locate Microsoft Photos in the list. Click the entry to expand it, then click on “Advanced options”.
Scroll down the options to the Reset section, where you will see action buttons for “Repair” and “Reset”. I did not try the Repair option, but clicked Reset. You have to click again to confirm. After a brief mouse pointer animation, a check mark appears beside the Reset button.
Checking my “Life at a glance” section, I no longer have cached images.
This is an old thread but this issue was occurring on my computer, Windows 10 Pro, version 1909, build 18363.720. When clicking the Start button, 5 cached images would carousel-rotate on the Microsoft Photos application tile in the “Life at a glance” section. Here are the steps that worked for me.
Open Settings. Navigate to Apps. On the Apps and features, locate Microsoft Photos in the list. Click the entry to expand it, then click on “Advanced options”.
Scroll down the options to the Reset section, where you will see action buttons for “Repair” and “Reset”. I did not try the Repair option, but clicked Reset. You have to click again to confirm. After a brief mouse pointer animation, a check mark appears beside the Reset button.
Checking my “Life at a glance” section, I no longer have cached images.
Wanna move user profile to another drive in Windows 10/11? You can get two efficient solutions from this page.
By Lily / Last update April 15, 2022
Why to move user profile to another drive?
A user profile is a record of user-specific data that define the user’s working environment. The record can include display settings, application settings, and network connections. Different versions of Windows store user profile information in a specific directory with different names: “Documents and Settings” in Windows XP and “Users” in Windows Vista and later.
Generally, the “Documents and Settings” or “Users” folder is located in C drive. You may find the necessity to move user profile in Windows 10/8/7 on the following occasions:
The computer has less free space and runs slower: More and more user profiles are generated during the usage of the computer. Thus, the free space of C drive becomes less and the system runs slower. Moving user profile to another drive can release space on C drive.
Protect your personal data: You may encounter system failure or even need to reinstall Windows 10/8/7 because of virus attack, software issues or human errors. Migrating user profile to a new location can ensure the security of your personal data.
Then, what’s the easiest way to change user folder location?
How to move user profile to another drive in Windows 10/11 step by step
To move user profile to another drive, there are two efficient solutions I’m going to show you:
Solution 1: move users folder to another drive via a powerful freeware
With a file sync tool, you can change the location of user profile effortlessly. AOMEI Backupper Standard, the best free backup software, offers you file sync feature. It enables you to synchronize files between two folders, drives, or even two computers. You are also allowed to sync local folders to OneDrive, Google Drive, and NAS devices, etc.
There are various folders under the user folder, such as Desktop, Downloads, Documents, Music, and Pictures. I’ll show you how to move (My) Documents to another drive in Windows 10 via AOMEI Backupper. If you are a Windows Server user, please turn to AOMEI Backupper Server.
- Download AOMEI Backupper and follow the wizard to finish installation. It will be installed in a short time.
- Click “Sync” on the left pane and select “Basic Sync”.
- Name the task so that you can distinguish it from other sync tasks. Click “Add Folder“ to select the Documents folder to be synchronized.
- Select a destination location to store the folder.
- Click on “Start Sync” button to perform the operation.
>> Options: you can write a comment for your sync task so that you can figure out the specific sync contents. You can also enable email notification here.
>> Schedule: you can set the sync task to run periodically. There are five modes supported: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Event triggers, USB plug in. You may upgrade to AOMEI Backupper Professional to enjoy the last two modes.
- Check the Documents folder in the destination. You can see the size of the folder and the number of files it contains by right clicking it and selecting “Properties”. If it’s the same as the source, you can delete the source folder to free up space on C drive. Or you can keep the source folder as a backup.
Notes:
в–Є If you delete the original Documents folder of the C drive, the synchronization task will be invalid. That is, the task can no longer run.
в–Є If you want to sync the Desktop, Downloads, Music and Pictures folders at the same time, repeat clicking “Add Folder” in Step 3.
Solution 2: move user folder from C to D with Windows built-in feature
Windows built-in feature can also assist you with Windows 10 user profile transfer. Still take the Documents folder as an example:
- Create a new folder named Documents at the target drive.
- Navigate to This PC >Local Disk (C:) >Users >User Name.
Tips: You can also find the user folder which you want to move at the Quick access section.
- Right click on the Documents folder and select Properties. Click on the Location tab, and then click Move.
- Select the newly-created Documents folder on the target drive, and click Select Folder. Then, click OK at the Documents Properties window.
- Click Yes when prompted. Wait for the files to be moved.
- Close File Explorer.
Summary
When you want to move user profile to another drive in Windows 10/11, you can resort to the two solutions mentioned above. These solutions apply to changing user folder location in Windows 7 as well.
Other than the file sync feature, AOMEI Backupper owns the backup & recovery function. After you figure out what to backup before reinstalling Windows 10, you can use it to finish the backup task. It also enables you to manage backups in Windows 10 easily. Why not give it a try right now? Share this page with your friends if you think it’s helpful.
One of the best security features in Windows 10 is the ability to add multiple user accounts. If multiple people use the same computer, setting up different user accounts is the best way to keep each user’s files and other information, such as saved login info, private.
But if there comes a point when you want to delete a user, either because they don’t need it anymore or you want to block their access, deleting a user account from a Windows 10 PC is simple, as long as you’re using an Administrator account.
Here’s how to do it.
Quick tip: You’ll need to be logged into an Administrator account to delete a user in Windows 10.
How to delete a user from Windows 10
1. Click on the Windows icon at the bottom-left of your screen and search for the “Settings” app.
Quick tip: You can also click on the Settings gear widget directly from the Windows icon.
2. Click the Settings app when it appears in the search results to open it.
3. Click on Accounts.
4. Click on Family & other users from the menu bar running along the left-hand side of the Settings window.
5. Under the “Other users” heading, click on the name of the account holder you want to remove from Windows 10.
6. Click Remove.
7. Click Delete account and data in the pop-up that appears. The account will then be removed.
Note, however, that this method only works for users listed as “Other users.” If you’ve added another user to your “Family,” you’ll have to instead:
1. Go to and sign into your Microsoft account.
2. You’ll be brought to a page that shows all the accounts currently connected to your “Microsoft family.”
3. Underneath the name of the person you want to delete, click More options and then Remove from family group.
Once you do this, their account should be deleted.
Quick tip: Deleting a user from your Windows 10 machine will permanently delete all of their associated data, documents, and more. If needed, ensure the user has a backup of any important files they want to keep before you delete.
When the computer boots, and you get to the login screen, The user image with the name is displayed. The image is one you have uploaded in the User account picture or the profile picture connected with your Microsoft account. In this post, we will share how to remove the default Windows 11/10 Sign in Picture.
Remove Windows Sign in User Account picture
Many a time, users don’t want to use a personal image, and the default image looks terrible. So it’s best to remove it. Follow these steps remove the Windows 11/10 sign in picture by following these steps:
- Replace the picture holder from Account pictures.
- Disable the feature via Registry or using Group Policy Editor
Make sure to create a restore point before going ahead with the methods.
1] Replace the Default PNG
Open the File Explorer, and under view, options enable hidden folder option and also enable the option to allow visibility option for extensions of files.
Then, navigate to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\User Account Pictures.
Locate images with the name user.png, user-32.png, user-40.png, user-48.png, and user-192.png files. Rename the extension to anything random like user.png.twc and so on.
Create a PNG or transparent image of size 192X192 using your favorite image editor. Save it with the same respective names. As the photos will be transparent, it will be not visible.
If you want to have a different default image, you can create pictures with the same name, and resolution and place it here.
2] Disable via Registry or Group Policy Editor
In both cases, we are forcing the OS to use the default image placed by us for all users.
Using Registry
Open the Registry Editor and navigate to:
Now follow these steps:
- Right-click anywhere in the blank space in the right pane.
- Select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
- Set the name as UseDefaultTile.
- Double-click on UseDefaultTile to edit value
- Set the Value Data to 1.
Disable via Group Policy Editor
Open the Group Policy Editor and navigate to:
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\User accounts
Find the policy which says Apply the default account picture to all users. Double-click on it to open its configuration panel. Select Enabled and click on OK/Apply and exit.
We hope you found the steps easy to follow, and you were successful in making the changes.
Date: July 12, 2021 Tags: User Account
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Windows 10 collects and records your activity history on both the computer and the cloud, from browsing history to location information and everything. Fortunately, Microsoft makes it easy to review all data being stored and also easily delete it.
What data does Windows 10 track?
Data that Windows collects include:
- Browsing history on Edge browser
- Bing search history
- Location data (if it is enabled)
- Cortana command
If you use Microsoft HealthVault or a Microsoft Band device, any activity collected through that service is stored. Microsoft says it collects this data to provide users with relevant results and content.
How to delete the operating history of Windows 10?
You can easily see what data has been stored and how to delete it. There are two ways to delete your activity history: directly delete in your computer’s settings or delete in your Microsoft cloud account. To do this on your computer, follow these steps:
1. Go to Settings > Privacy > Activity History .
2. In case you want to clear the operation history, click the Clear button.
3. If you want to prevent Windows from continuing to collect this data, in Collect Activities will turn off the option: Let Windows collect my activities ( Let Windows collect my activities ).
How to view the operating history of Windows 10?
1. Go to Settings > Privacy > Activity History and click Manage my activity info .
2. A browser window will open and you may be prompted to log in to your account if you are not logged in. In addition, you can also access this page by going to
3. Here, you will see your data divided into the groups listed above: browsing history, search history, active location, voice activity, Cortana’s Notebook and Activity Medical. You can view and delete data in each section by clicking the delete data button corresponding to each section and clicking on the confirmation button that you want to delete it.
You can also click on the Activity History tab to see a complete list of data types: voice, search, browsing history, and location information. Microsoft makes it easy to filter each category by clicking on it.
Do you allow Windows to store your activity history or do you want to keep all these options? Let us know why in the comments section below!
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When you try to add a new printer by clicking the Add a printer or scanner in the Printer & Scanners page, old printers that you added earlier but no longer in use, may be listed.
This post tells you how to completely remove old, uninstalled or obsolete printers from the Add a Printer and Printers & Scanners pages. The leftover printer drivers, driver packages and registry entries need to be removed.
Contents
- Delete old Printer drivers via Print Server Properties
- Delete old Printers via Print Management
- Delete old Printers remnant entries in the Registry Editor
- Delete old Printer driver packages from driver store to free up disk space
How to Remove Old Printers Completely from your Computer
The old or supposedly uninstalled printers may still show up in Printers & Scanners page. In some cases, the entries may show up on the Add Printer list and not in the Printers & Scanners or the Devices page. The following procedure helps you uninstall or complete remove your old printer along with its drivers and drive store package.
To remove the old printer entries from the Add a printer or scanner as well as Printers & Scanners page, follow this procedure:
Delete old Printer drivers via Print Server Properties
- Open Printers and Scanners page in Settings.
- Scroll down and click Print server properties link.Tip: Alternately, you can run rundll32.exe printui.dll,PrintUIEntryDPIAware /s or printui /s /t2 command elevated (as administrator) from the run dialog or elevated Command Prompt. The commands open Print Server properties page directly.
- Select the Drivers tab.
- Select the old printer entry from the list, and click Remove
- Select Remove driver and driver package, and click OK.
- Click Delete when you see the Remove Driver Package confirmation prompt.
Remove old printers via Print Management
The Print Server properties method should do the trick. As an alternative, you can use the Print Management console to remove old printers and their drivers. Print Management is a Microsoft console which lets you view and manage printers and print jobs on the computer.
- Open Print Management via Start Search. Or run the command printmanagement.msc to launch Print Management.
- Select All printers section.
- Right-click on the old printer if listed in the right-pane, and choose Delete.
- Select All drivers.
- Right-click on the old printer, and click on the option Remove driver package or click Delete.
Delete old printers using the Registry Editor
Even after you uninstall and delete the printers using the above methods, the Add a printer page may still show up your old printers. You need to edit the registry to remove the remnant entries.
- Create a System Restore point.
- Right-click Start, click Run. Type regedit.exe and press ENTER . This opens the Registry Editor.
- Go to the following registry key:
- In the right-pane, right-click the printer you want to remove, and choose Delete .
- Do this for every other printer you want to remove.
- Also, check the printer entries under the following key and delete the unwanted item(s):
- Go to the following key:
- Expand the key and select the old printer listed under the key.
- Right-click on the old printer and choose Delete.
- Additionally, one of the following subkeys may contain references to your old printers. You may want to clear that as well:
The registry had references to my old inkjet printer HP F4488 (F4400 series). I had to delete it and its driver store using earlier methods, as I’ve replaced the HP with a Canon G2012 series printer recently.
Delete driver packages from the driver store to free up disk space
Even after removing the driver packages using the methods above, some remnant drivers may exist in the driver store. The driver store is a trusted location of the inbox and third-party driver packages. Before a driver can be installed, it must first be stored in the driver store folder located under C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository
Each subfolder stores a driver package along with the respective .inf file. The driver store folders have cryptic names and it’s a tedious job to find the driver package you want to delete.
Thankfully, we have the excellent DriverStore Explorer tool that does the job for you.
DriverStore Explorer [RAPR] is a third-party program that makes it easier to deal with the Windows driver store. It supports operations including enumeration, adding a driver package (stage), adding & installing, deletion and force deletion from the driver store.
If you look at this image, you can see that there is till 9 MB of HP printer drivers leftover. This happened even after I removed the driver packages via Print Server Properties. Evidently, those two methods weren’t enough.
All I had to do was select the old HP printer driver from the list, click Remove. Click OK when you see the following warning:
Warning
About to delete prnhpcl1.inf (oem32.inf) from driver store.
This removed the old HP printer’s .inf file, its driver package thus saving 9 MB of space.
Hope the above methods helped you completely remove old printer entries, the drivers and driver packages from your Windows computer.
Once you’ve customized your profile photo, it might be tough to go back to the default avatar.
There are a variety of reasons why you may want to delete your Outlook account profile image, including security concerns or anything else.
You will rapidly learn how to delete the outlook profile image in a few simple steps with pictures by following this article.
Who is able to see my Outlook photo?
Everything is based on the recipient’s email service provider.
- When sending an email from Outlook, it’s likely that someone who uses Gmail or Yahoo Mail may not be able to see your profile picture since they are using these services.
- If the person receiving your message also has a Microsoft account, they may be able to view your picture.
How to Remove Profile Picture from your Outlook Account
STEP 1: To log in, go to the Outlook website and enter your User Name and password.
STEP 2: On the upper right side of the display, tap on your existing profile image (see the below screenshot).
STEP 3: From the list that appears, choose My Profile.
STEP 4: Now, press on the Change image and go to the next page. When it appears, press the remove button.
Refresh the page, and you’ll find that you’ve successfully deleted your set profile image, which will now be displayed as a standard set by Outlook.
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To delete a user account in Windows 10, you must use the system settings application. To do this, open the start menu and click on the cogwheel.
Open the Windows 10 configuration
Access the Accounts section to see the options related to user accounts.
On the right side of the window, choose the Family & other users section.
Other users section
Select a user account and click on the Remove button to start deleting the account.
Remove an account
In the pop-up window, confirm that you want to delete the account with the Delete account and data button.
Confirm the removal of an account
This process will delete all user data. Therefore, you should make sure that the account owner has backed up any photos, documents, downloads, or other files before you confirm.
However, in Windows 10, there is still an alternative method of preserving the information of others. To access this method, you must use the control panel. In this case, use the Windows search and type control panel. Select the first result.
Open the control panel
Open the User Accounts section.
User accounts section
Select the Remove user accounts option.
Remove user account
Choose the account you want to delete and click on it.
Select the account from the control panel
Click on the Delete the account option.
Remove the account from the control panel
In the next step, you can choose to either delete all the data for that user or keep it. Use Delete files to delete all your information and Keep files to save it. In the second case, your documents will be moved to your desk. Please, note that this does not include the configuration of installed applications, such as email accounts.
Keep the files
Confirm the account deletion with Delete account.
Confirm removal of the account
In its effort to make the control panel disappear, Microsoft is moving all these settings to the configuration application. The latter method is likely to become obsolete soon. Also, remember that to delete the user of another person, you must have administrator privileges.
Question & Answer
Question
How to delete Windows user profiles
Answer
The following instructions demonstrate to how delete a user’s profile on Windows 2003 server. You must have administrator permissions in order to do so.
Remove the user’s Profile the advanced way: (you may need to make sure you have permissions to delete the profile directory)
- Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
- In this System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
- Under User Profiles, click Settings.
- Click the user profile that you want to delete, and then click Delete.
Check that the profile directory has been deleted from Documents and Settings (you may need to delete it manually)
Delete the user itself
Check the registry and delete the key in case the other steps didn’t. (Back up the registry first, of course)
Click Start, and then click Run.
Type regedit , and then click OK.
NOTE: When you open the ProfileList folder, you will see several folders, each of which belongs to a different user. These folders are named according to the user security IDs (SIDs) and not according to the user names.
To locate your user profile folder, use one of the following options:
- For each folder, click the folder, and then look for the **ProfileImagePath** value that contains the path to your user profile (such as `%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\ `), or
- In Registry Editor, press `CTRL+F` to start the Find tool. Type the user name in the Find what” box click to select the **Data** check box under “Look at” and then click **Find**.
- Delete it.
- Quit the Registry Editor.
