Annoying problem - W10 account

[Raz]

I've got an issue with my son's email account linked to my W10 account (standalone) and can't seem to remove it. This has happened because I logged in to the Xbox app to check his profile and now his Microsoft account is linked. I've checked online and removed my pc from manage devices from his account. It also doesn't give me the option to remove his ms account from W10 settings (accounts - I get 'manage' only).

Am I missing something here? The only app which used his details was the Xbox one, and I uninstalled that to see if it helped.

A setting that may help is 'all apps can sign me in' but going through the manage option doesn't help.

Edit - office and edge have switched to his account too.

Probably an easy solution to this....

Thanks!

 

[Raz]

Thanks, it's a bit strange that it can't be unlinked but I'll create another local account and do it that way.

 

[Raz]

Can you not remove the linked account Via Settings, Accounts then Email & Accounts?

It doesn't let you once you've converted a local account to a microsoft account logon.

Would have been so much easier if it were an option, I wonder why MS doesn't make it easy to unlink accounts. A quick check of their support forums shows that it's not easy at all, and most advisors just provide steps to remove accounts which doesn't actually deal with the issue.

 

[Raz]

Thanks all.

Ended up re-installing Windows. Easy way out but after 3 graphics cards and 3 CPUs I had planned on doing a reinstall anyway but couldn't be bothered. Creating another local admin account and copying things over would have been easier, but these days a fresh windows install isn't too much hassle.

Raz - as I have now correctly re-read your OP (I scan read most things!) I can see you are indeed missing the option to "Sign in with a local account instead" as pcfarrar mentions - if you're not already running 1809 (check by running WINVER and looking at the Version of Windows 10); you might want to Google the MS Media Creation tool - it'll allow you to update to the latest version, which is actually 1903 I believe. That might sort your missing button

Thanks. I had the latest version of Windows but had still had the option missing.

The problem is that it was my son's account, which as a child's account, is restricted on certain things - every time I needed to do something it would ask me to allow permission for my son's account. Bit of a headache, and even if there is a solution they've not made it easy.

 

[Raz]

I'll not mention that you could have done a Shift + Reboot to wipe it though

Thanks (all) for help