How To Change Your Login Name On Windows 10

If you need or desire to change your Windows computer User proper noun or Account name, it can exist relatively uncomplicated. Here's how.

The Account Name and User Name are located in the aforementioned identify, making it easy to change both in one place. Let'southward look at the differences before proceeding because, while unproblematic, it can be a little confusing. We'll continue to clarify the differences between the ii going forward.

User proper noun is usually your existent total name, which y'all see when Windows starts, for example. There'due south nix else to change should yous determine to use a new User proper name.

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Modify Account Name or User Name

Press the Windows Central + R and type in netplwiz and press Enter.

Click on the business relationship proper noun you want to alter and click Properties.

Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer must be checked if Properties is grayed out.

In the User proper noun field, enter your new User name (Usually a nickname, like your first name).
In the Full name field, enter your new Account name (Usually your real full name).

* If y'all only changed your Business relationship proper noun (full name in the Full proper noun field), yous volition need to log out or reboot to see the changes, and you lot're all set.
* If you inverse your User name (User proper noun field), we demand to rename your Users binder proper name and edit the registry in the adjacent pace.

Change Profile Binder Proper name

Because your user name is how the computer identifies yous and stores application information and settings, you'll demand to change the Users > User name binder name. Next, we'll let the Windows Registry know the new folder name, so your programs continue to work correctly. The post-obit steps, while not difficult, are a little more complicated than the previous steps.

* You'll need to log into your administrator account starting time to rename the Users folder. If you don't run into an Ambassador account, press the Windows Key + R and blazon in netplwiz and printing Enter. Click on the Advanced tab and click on Avant-garde nether Avant-garde user management. Aggrandize Users, click on Administrator and uncheck Account is disabled. Click on OK.

Click on Start > People icon and switch to an Administrator account.

Open File Explorer and rename the C:\Users\Your User name folder to the new User proper name (nickname) you selected.

* There's a good adventure that the other account is logged in and you can't rename the folder. If so, open PowerShell and blazon in query session to list all users. Take note of the ID of the person y'all want to log off.

Type in logoff ID replacing ID with the ID number of the person you desire to log off.

Finally, we demand to let Windows know the new User proper noun in the registry. Open up the registry editor and type Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList in the search bar.

Right-click on the ProfileList cardinal and click Discover. Type in the old Account name (nickname) and prese Enter.

In the correct windows, double-click on ProfileImagePath and change the Value data afterwards C:\Users\ to the new Account proper name (nickname) you chose earlier.