How to delete an administrator account in Windows

Windows has a nice account handling system that easily lets you have multiple users on a single computer. You can have three types of accounts — Standard, Guest, and Administrator — with administrator accounts having the highest permission levels. Handling one is quite simple if you know what you’re doing. Here’s how to delete an administrator account in Windows.

How to delete an administrator account in Windows

There are two conditions you need to meet to be able to delete an administrator account. Firstly, you will need to be logged in to an account different from the one you want to delete. Secondly, that account needs to be an administrator account, as you cannot delete an administrator account from a guest or standard account.

If you don’t have a spare administrator account, you’ll need to create one and log in to it. You can do that in Windows Settings -> Accounts -> Family & other users -> Add someone else to this PC. Follow the login flow, and click Change account type -> Administrator -> OK.

Open Windows Settings via the Start Menu and click Accounts. In the left tab, click Family & other users.

Under Other users, click the account you want to delete. The user profile will expand to show two options. Click Remove. A confirmation dialog box will pop up. Click Delete account and data.

That’s all. Windows may take some time, depending upon how much data the user account had, but it will delete your administrator account. We’ll update this guide once Windows 12 arrives.

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