{"id":65348,"date":"2024-08-19T20:11:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/?p=65348"},"modified":"2024-08-19T20:13:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:13:51","slug":"windows-11-switch-from-microsoft-account-to-local-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/65348\/windows-11-switch-from-microsoft-account-to-local-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 11: Switch from Microsoft Account to Local Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How to switch from a Microsoft account to a local account.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft urges the user to use Windows with a Microsoft account. When installing Windows, it is now very difficult for the user to create a local account.<\/p>\n<p>This is a good thing from Microsoft&#8217;s point of view. If you have an account, it&#8217;s easier to sell OneDrive and an Office subscription.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who wants to switch from a Microsoft account to a local account can do so easily.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/65348\/windows-11-switch-from-microsoft-account-to-local-account\/#Video_description\" >Video description<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/65348\/windows-11-switch-from-microsoft-account-to-local-account\/#Switch_to_local_account_in_Windows\" >Switch to local account in Windows<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Video_description\"><\/span>Video description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ioFyLQxW9Bg?si=3TErnFFil9kEJGEN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Switch_to_local_account_in_Windows\"><\/span>Switch to local account in Windows<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Open the settings, then click on &#8220;Accounts&#8221;. Click on &#8220;Your info&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1118\" height=\"654\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_1.png 1118w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_1-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_1-1024x599.png 1024w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_1-768x449.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here, you have the option to &#8220;Sigh in with a local user account instead&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"762\" height=\"154\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_2.png 762w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_2-300x61.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You will get some warning messages here, and you need to enter your current password.<\/p>\n<p>We can now define a username for the local account, as well as the password. After that, we get logged out and can log in with the local account.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"455\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_3.png 711w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_3-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"286\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_4.png 634w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/microsoft_local_en_4-300x135.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to switch from a Microsoft account to a local account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[1703,1857,2068,1558],"class_list":["post-65348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-microsoft-en","tag-microsoft-en-2","tag-windows-en-2","tag-windows-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}