delete work or School account

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delete work or School account

Cui Wang 0

The work account is experiencing login issues and requires deletion. Assistance is needed to cancel this particular work account.

carolyn morris 0 Reputation points

2025-05-03T19:44:57.6166667+00:00

There is NO name for Work and School accounts I do not know who or what they are if I knew I could DELETE them I also do not know this Organization that says it has and does have control of MY computer this Admin is blocking my Internet connect it has UAC & admin on everything I want all of these apps out of MY PC & get my Administrator & UAC rights back. I own my pc no Corporation or Organization owns it I DO!

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carolyn morris 0 Reputation points

2025-05-03T19:44:57.6166667+00:00

There is NO name for Work and School accounts I do not know who or what they are if I knew I could DELETE them I also do not know this Organization that says it has and does have control of MY computer this Admin is blocking my Internet connect it has UAC & admin on everything I want all of these apps out of MY PC & get my Administrator & UAC rights back. I own my pc no Corporation or Organization owns it I DO!

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LiweiTian-MSFT 25,940 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Cui Wang

Could you please tell me:

Do you want to remove your work or school account from PC?To remove a work or school account from your personal PC, you can follow these steps:

Step1. Open the "Settings" app on your PC. You can do this by clicking on the Start menu and selecting the "Settings" gear icon.

Step2. In the Settings window, click on the "Accounts" option.

Step3. On the left-hand side, select the "Access work or school" category.

Step4. In the right-hand pane, you should see the work or school account that you want to remove. Click on the account to select it.

Step5. Once the account is selected, click on the "Disconnect" button. This will initiate the process of removing the account from your PC.

Step6. You may be prompted to confirm the removal of the account. If so, click on the "Yes" or "Remove" button to proceed.

Step7. Windows will now remove the work or school account from your PC, along with any associated data or settings.

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Cui Wang 0 Reputation points

2023-07-06T10:48:34.8866667+00:00

no, I would like to delete my current account and subsequently register a new account using the same email address.
LiweiTian-MSFT 25,940 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-07-07T07:23:29.65+00:00
Hi @Cui Wang

After the MS account is completely closed, you may not be able to re-register with the same email address, so could you please tell me the purpose of deleting the account?

If you need to delete MS account, please make sure to back up any data that you want to preserve, and removing all associated users and subscriptions. When you close your account with Microsoft, all information related to your account is deleted. This information includes subscriptions, licenses, payment methods, emails in Outlook, files in Onedrive, users, and user data.

To close the account, you can follow the instructions for How to close your Microsoft account:

Go to Close your account and follow the instructions to sign in.

Check that the page shows the Microsoft account you want to close, then click Next.

Read the list, and click the checkboxes to acknowledge you’ve read each item.

In the Select a reason drop-down list, choose the reason you're closing the account.

Click Mark account for closure.
Cui Wang 0 Reputation points

2023-07-07T07:42:04.6166667+00:00

when I login the Teams by app, it always show erro. "You're missing out! Ask your admin to enable Microsoft Teams."
LiweiTian-MSFT 25,940 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-07-07T08:09:34.4733333+00:00

Hi @Cui Wang

Regarding this error message “You're missing out! Ask your admin to enable Microsoft Teams”, first office 365 user must have assign license of Microsoft Teams from office 365 Admin Center. After that user can sign in to Microsoft Teams. If you have not access permission of Office 365 Admin Center, for further assistant please contact your Office 365 Admin for assigning license of Microsoft Teams.

Following are steps and screenshot about Team access permission from office 365 Admin Center.

Go to Office 365 Admin Center> Users > Active users> select the user, choose edit besides Product license> tick Microsoft Teams for that selected user.
LiweiTian-MSFT 25,940 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-07-11T01:33:05.42+00:00

Hi @Cui Wang

I am checking the status of this case. Please let us know if you would like further assistance.
Meanwhile, if the reply is helpful to you, please try to mark it as an answer to help others who encounter the same issue and read this thread.
Thank you for your understanding and patience!
LiweiTian-MSFT 25,940 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-07-13T07:27:53.94+00:00

Hi @Cui Wang

I am checking the status of this case. Please let us know if you would like further assistance.
Meanwhile, if the reply is helpful to you, please try to mark it as an answer to help others who encounter the same issue and read this thread.
Thank you for your understanding and patience!

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