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rahulkhorwal
Mar 03, 2023Copper Contributor
How To Change User Name Windows 11
To change the username in Windows 11, follow these steps: Click on the Start button and select the Settings icon (gear icon) from the left-hand side menu. In the Settings menu, select "Accou...
Bab-3l-Boy
Mar 22, 2024Copper Contributor
I just wanted the local user name changed, not some mental syncing madness.
Control Panel > User Accounts > Change your/the account name.
Just wasted most of my lunch break with this.
Android authority's first result did it in 30 seconds. Why ?
- WRLDec 31, 2024Copper Contributor
Seems like you CANNOT change your normal Local username for the windows file structure.. as in your USERNAME for your USERS folder within the LOCAL directory if you are the only account on the machine ... AND/OR on your microsoft account as your sign in?
There is zero way to change my username and therefore the FILE NAME within USERS via control panel, the settings sections, OR the microsoft account page on the web.. why thats not baked in as an option during PC setup or a thing you can change for your microsoft account is DUMB - DyllanL84Mar 25, 2024Copper ContributorI am actually so relieved yet frustrated with how simple this process actually was but that it took me almost 2 hours to find it. Thank you, lol!
- Alabamatom1963Mar 25, 2024Steel Contributor
- appleonoMar 22, 2024Copper ContributorMicrosoft's one size fits all direction, forcing everyone to do it their way, just sucks.