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Recently, however, we discovered a super annoying way that your local user account is automatically and without your permission converted into a Microsoft account: when you first log into the Windows Store on your new Windows 10 PC your local user account (say “Bill”) gets switched over seamlessly to whatever email address you use for the Windows Store (say only is this an annoyance but if you end up in some comedy-of-errors situation where someone who isn’t you logs into the Windows Store then it converts your local user account to a Microsoft account with their login credentials. RELATED: All the Features That Require a Microsoft Account in Windows 10įor the most part it’s easy to prevent yourself from ending up with one account or another as you can easily choose which one you want when you initially install Windows or set Windows up for the first time after purchasing your PC. You can continue to use any Microsoft cloud services as well you'll just need to sign in individually.While there are benefits to using a Microsoft account as your login (synchronization of files and browser history, for example) many people prefer to have their Windows login as a totally separate experience and entity from any online accounts they might have (Microsoft accounts included). If you've set up any apps from the Windows Store, you'll need to sign in again. This change doesn't affect any files or installed Windows desktop programs.

Click Next to sign out from the Microsoft account and sign back in using your new local account.

On the Switch To A Local Account page, enter your new local user name and password, along with a password hint, as shown here.

Enter the password for your Microsoft account to confirm that you're authorized to make the change, and then click Next.

After confirming that the account is set up to use a Microsoft account, click Sign in with a local account instead.

Open Settings > Accounts and click Your info.

The ability to sync settings between Windows 10 devices also comes in handy if you own more than one Windows 10 PC.īut if you don't use those services and you prefer to use a local account, you can remove the connection to a Microsoft account any time. There are good reasons to use a Microsoft account on a home PC, especially if you use cloud services like OneDrive or Office 365 Home or Personal. The option to use a traditional local account is available, but it's easy to miss.

When you install Windows 10 for the first time, the Setup program tries very, very hard to convince you to sign in with a Microsoft account.