Remove 'Administrator' account Windows 10

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I have trouble removing the administrator account from my notebook. It was created when I wanted to access some read-only files and I wrote "net user administrator active" in cmd. (didnt work out tho) I tried removing it but there is not an option to do so. The delete account button is not available in user settings and I can not remove it from the settings menu. It seems that its not a real account but when I turn the notebook on I have the option to sign into that account. Any ideas? thx

It is not possible to delete this account. You can only disable it. My answer here explains how you enable it. Step 10 in that answer explains that if you change the 11 to 10 you enable the account. In this case you would do the same procedure but change the 10 to 11 and that would disable the account. Since the procedure is identical except for that step I refuse to duplicate my answer and instead will flag it as a duplicate. — Ramhound, Sep 21 '17 at 16:44
The process described in the existing answer to, Disable Administrator account on Windows 7 Starter Edition, is identical on Windows 10. — Ramhound, Sep 21 '17 at 16:46
The answer to, How do I disable administrator prompt in Windows 8?, also applies to Windows 10 — Ramhound, Sep 21 '17 at 16:48

Jim Steven · Answer 1 · 2017-09-21T17:31:04.197

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Click start button->type in 'run' without quotes, then type in: lusrmgr.msc this open a nice snap-in. Now go to the "Users" folder on the left hand-side and all the local users will show-up. From there, you may opt out to disable the account

edited Sep 21 '17 at 17:31

answered Sep 21 '17 at 16:45

Jim Steven

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As noted in the question comments you can't delete the built-in Administrator, only disabled it. – Alberto Martinez Sep 21 '17 at 17:25
though edited earlier, i edited it again. thnx – Jim Steven Sep 21 '17 at 17:31

Remove 'Administrator' account Windows 10

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