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This article introduces how to delete user profiles without deleting user accounts in Windows10. The content is very detailed. Interested friends can use it for reference. I hope it will be helpful to you.

If you want to change all the preferences and settings for all applications and Windows for your users, you've come to the right place. Your user account may be corrupted, or you just want to change the settings back to the default settings.

By doing this, you can delete the user profile without deleting the user account. We will delete the user's profile, not the user's account. This way, when you log back in, a new profile is automatically created for the same user account.

Note: first of all, make sure that your user account has administrator privileges. In addition, the profile for the current active account cannot be deleted. You must first log out from the user for whom you want to delete the profile, and then log in using a different user account.

Method 1: how to delete a user profile in Windows 10 Advanced system Properties

1. Press Enter + R at the same time on the keyboard to open the run dialog box, enter the following text in the box, and then press Windows to open the Advanced system Properties dialog box:

SystemPropertiesAdvanced

two。 In the system Properties dialog box, under the user profile section, click the Settings button.

3. In the user profile window, select the user profile you want to delete, and then click the Delete button.

Click Yes, confirm the request at the prompt, and delete the user account. The next time you log in, the system will use all default settings to automatically recreate your user profile.

Method 2: how to manually delete a user profile in Windows 10

1. Open File Explorer and double-click disk C to open it.

two。 On disk C, locate and double-click the users folder.

3. Right-click the user profile you want to delete, and then click Delete from the context menu.

4. Now, press Windows + R at the same time on the keyboard to open the run box, type Regedit in the box, and then press Enter to open Registry Editor.

5. In the Registry Editor window, navigate to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ ProfileList

Browse the subitems under "Profile List" on the left side of the window, click each of them, then find the ProfileImagePath string value on the right side of the window, double-click it to open and check the value data. The value data field displays the user profile, which will help you find the subitems associated with the deleted user profile.

6. In the Edit String (Edit string) window, check the Value Data (value data) field that displays the deleted user profile. Now that you know that this is the ProfileImagePath linked to the deleted user profile, please delete the string.

The user profile for the associated account has now been deleted. After you log in again, it will be recreated using the default settings and options.

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