However, this method may not work in some cases, for example, if you don't know the password for that initial Microsoft account.

This way, you can remove that initial Microsoft account and replace it with a different one. Step 9: Then you can sign in using a Microsoft account with the email address you want. Step 8: Open Settings, and go to Accounts > Your info, and then click 'Sign in with a Microsoft account instead'. Step 7: When you are at the login screen, sign in with the local account you just created. Windows 10 will then sign out from the Microsoft account. The user name is required, the password and password hint are optional. Step 5: Type in a user name, password and password hint you want for your local account, and then click Next. Step 4: When it asks for your current password, type in the current password of your Microsoft account and then click Next.

Step 3: Click 'Your info' on the left side, then click 'Sign in with a local account instead' on the right side. Step 2: Open Settings using Win + I keys, then go to 'Accounts (Your accounts, email, sync, work, family)'. Step 1: Sign in Windows 10 with the Microsoft account. Option 1: by switching to local account from Microsoft account Option 2: Remove a Microsoft account using a local account.

Option 1: by switching to local account from Microsoft account.This page will help you solve this problem. If you are in a similar situation, how will you remove a Microsoft account from your Windows 10 laptop/PC? Don't worry. That is a question on Microsoft Community and thousands of people have the same question. Now I find I can't find any way to remove it and replace it with mine. My husband kindly set up my new laptop for me when I was busy but thoughtlessly used his Microsoft account, not mine.

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