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Microsoft operating systems are designed for the computer to be used by several people at the same time, and provide each of them with the opportunity to create accounts in any quantity. Over time, new profiles appear on a computer or laptop running “Seven” and they all take up space. Then the question arises: how to remove unnecessary account on Windows 7? Let's look at a few ways to do this.

Many people are wondering what will happen if they delete their account. Microsoft took care of the safety of personal files when getting rid of unnecessary accounts. OS developers offer two options for getting rid of profiles in Windows 7 on the user’s computer:

• with the preservation of personal information (desktop contents, “My Documents”, “Images” and other library contents);
• erasure of all personal data.

If you select the first option, then a directory with the profile name will remain on the PC in the “Users” folder on the system volume, and all personal data will be contained in it. If you choose the second method, they will be permanently deleted, unless the contents of “My Documents” are moved to another location.

Control Panel

Deleting an account in Windows 7 is carried out through a special component of this system tool.

1. Open the “Control Panel” through “Explorer” (as in the screenshot) or in another convenient way.

1. Click “Add and remove...” if its icons are grouped into categories.

If elements are displayed as icons, click on the object circled in the screenshot.



Then select “Manage another account.”

You can also open Start and click on your profile avatar.

1. Select an unnecessary profile (you can delete not only your own, but also other users on this PC if you have the appropriate privileges).

1. Click on the “Delete account” link.

1. Here we decide: we need more files that are stored in the folder with the account name, or free space.

Let's focus on the second option: in the future this will be required if you want to restore a deleted profile.

1. We get acquainted with the conditions and confirm the implementation of our plans.

This way, any user accounts are removed from your computer and laptop if you are working as an administrator.

When logged in with limited rights, User Account Control will request permission from the administrator to perform the actions described in the instructions above. To complete the 6th step, you will need to enter your account password, which allows you to log in to the system under the selected account.

Let us immediately note that it is impossible to recover a deleted Windows 7 account, although there are a couple of tricks here:

• if you saved the files at step 5, you can create an account with the same name and move your data there (program settings and files, but not registry entries or OS settings);
• try to revive the profile folder (located in C:\Users) using R-Studio or another similar utility that preserves the file structure, and do the same as above.

Guest

The “Guest” account can only be enabled or disabled if not needed – you cannot get rid of it. Let's look at how this is done.

1. Go to the profile management window in Windows 7 (step 1-2 of the previous instructions).
2. Select the built-in “Guest” entry.

1. In the next window, click “Enable” if it is not active.

1. To disable an account, select it and click “Disconnect...”.

No confirmation is required here, because the user’s files are not affected.

Alternative path

A little faster and easier, any Windows 7 account can be erased as follows.

1. Call the command interpreter by clicking “Run” in “Start”.

1. Enter and execute the command “control userpasswords2”.

1. Select an unnecessary entry and click on the delete button.

This way, the profile will be excluded from the list of those present on the PC, but all its files and settings will remain untouched.

The administrator account is deleted in the same way, but this requires administrator privileges - a user with limited rights does not have such rights. No matter how much you want, you cannot remove an administrator from an account with limited capabilities.

Command line

To work with this tool you need elevated privileges on the system!

1. 1. 1. Open the command interpreter and execute “cmd” in it.

To call command line You can also use the Start search bar or a shortcut in the Accessories directory.

1. 1. 1. To get a list of all user profiles, run “net user”.

1. 1. 1. Enter a command like “net user xxx /delete”, where xxx is the name of the unnecessary account.

Some time ago I talked about. Today I would like to talk about how to delete this account if, for example, it is not used.

Click on the "Start" button and select "Control Panel".

The computer settings window will open. Here you will see a large list of various subsections. Select "User Accounts".

A new window will allow you to make changes to your account. But since we are not interested in this now, we click on the “Manage another account” item.

When a new window opens, you will see a list of current accounts. Choose the one you need.

A page with settings for the specified entry will open. To delete it, click “Delete account”.

Before deleting it directly, the system will prompt you that it may automatically save the contents of some account folders on desktop. In addition, you can save this data yourself by clicking on the “Save files” button. If you do not need any files from this profile, simply click on the “Delete files” button.

Now we confirm the deletion of the “account” by clicking on the “Delete account” button.

Account has been deleted.

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If you need to delete a user account, you've come to the right place. Let's look at several options using an example Windows systems 7. Several methods will be offered here, you just have to choose the appropriate one.

Windows 7 - multi-user operating system. This means that several accounts can be created for all users. Please note that the user managing the computer must have administrator rights.

How to delete an owner record

Let's look at an example of deleting using "Control Panels". This method is simple. Using standard and almost well-known computer menu items, we will delete the profile.

Method 1: Using the Control Panel

Method 2: Using Computer Controls

Method 3: through the profile manager

Method 4: through the Windows system registry

We talked about four ways, from the simplest to the most intricate, but still effective. We hope this lesson was useful to you.

The most intuitive and simple solution this task is change status of the current entry through settings. In addition, this method provides conservation all user data, such as personalization.

To do this, click the button " Start" and select the icon " Options", located above the icon " Shutdown" The keyboard shortcut may be somewhat more convenient Win +I. Before making changes to the system, it is recommended save all working files, because after restarting the computer, unsaved changes will be lost. After this you need:

How to delete a user

This manipulation seems possible only if there are at least two of them. This is done through administrator. If you need to get rid of it, you must first grant administrator rights to another account and perform the operation through the latter.

As in the previous case, you need to go to the “ Accounts" V " Parameters" Here you need to select “ Family and other users».

After clicking the button " Delete"The system will warn that all files and data located at C:\Users\Name_of_user_to be deleted will be lost.

After a short period of time, the data will be erased.

Uninstall via Control Panel

This solution provides slightly broader capabilities. First of all, you need to log in with administrator rights. Right click on " Start» will open context menu, at the bottom of which there is a link to “ Control Panel" Regardless of its design (“Category”, “Small icons” or “Large icons”), which can be changed in the upper right corner of the interface, you need to select the section “ User Accounts" After this, you need to follow the following algorithm of actions:

The last step is confirmation removal, followed by reboot computer.

Exists alternative method, which is carried out using the run utility, launched by a keyboard shortcut Win +R. Here you need to enter the command netplwiz, after which the settings window will open.

Here you need to select the button " Delete", preliminary highlighting required user.

How to remove a user using the command line

The launch must be made as an administrator. There is a team NETUSER, which is designed to manage credentials. Entering a command without additional parameters will list them all, and adding / delete to the username will erase it from the computer memory:

This method is perhaps the fastest.

Removing built-in entries (guest, administrator, etc.)

This action can complicate and slow down the operation of the system, since through these accounts management is carried out computer. To implement this procedure you will need:

Removing an administrator is not recommended action. If it interferes in any way, it's better to just hide her. To do this, you can use the command line shell: