
(Or right-click on "This PC", and then select "Manage".)Ģ. Press "Windows + X" and then select "Computer Management". If you can't find the option of "Change your account name" from Accounts setting on Control Panel, or even if you have changed the user name on Accounts setting from Control Panel, but it is still showed with the old name on some applications, such as on the Command Prompt, try to change the local user account name from Local Users and Groups.ġ. Way 2: Change local user account name from Computer Management

Type in the new account name, and then click on "Change Name". Open User Accounts settings from Control Panel, and then click on "Manage another account".Ĥ. And then you will find your user name has been changed.ġ. Type in new account name, click on "Change Name". (You also can open the Control Panel, and then click on User Accounts.)ģ. Type in "user accounts" on the search box, and then click on "User Accounts" on the result to open user accounts setting in Control Panel. If you can't find the link of "Change your account name", go and try with Way 2. The easiest way to change the local user account name in Windows 10 is from the Control Panel. 3 ways to change administrator name in Windows 10: Way 1: Change local user account name from Control Panel Way 2: Change local user account name from Computer Management Way 3: Change a Microsoft account name from Microsoft website Way 1: Change local user account name from Control Panel

Did you meet with the same problem? Or you are not satisfied with your user name and just want to change it to a new one? Here this article will show you the 3 ways to change administrator user account name in Windows 10 for local and Microsoft account. "When I installed Windows 10, it used the computer name as my user account name, how do I change it?" This is the question from Microsoft Community Forum.

3 ways to change administrator user account name in Windows 10
