You are confused about how to change username in Windows-11? This quick guide will show you how to quickly and easily change your local username on Windows-11.
If you follow the method provided in the menu Settings, You will be confused because you don't find the option to change the username or account you use to log in on Windows-11.
You only find a menu link to the login web page Microsoft account to manage your account. Why do you have to log in just to change the local username?
Of course there are other ways to change username in Windows-11, but this guide will only show you the quickest and easiest way. By following this method, You can differentiate between the name that appears on the screen and the name to log in.
Apart from changing the username in Windows-11, You can too rename PC Windows-11.
How to Change Local User Name in Windows 11
To change local username in Windows-11, do the following steps:
- Open the search tool by clicking the search icon on the taskbar
- In the search box, type "netplwiz"
- Then click netplwiz
- A tool with a name User Accounts will open, in this tool you can see the username registered on your device. Select the username you want to change and then click Properties
- In the user properties view, You can see three fields that can be filled in, that is User name, Full name and Description. You can fill in each of these fields with the required information.
- field User name is the name used in Windows Credential, This means that this name is used to log in to your computer directly or from another computer.
- field Full name is the name that appears on the login screen, You can differentiate between the Full name and User name fields.
- field Description is additional information.
- click Apply to apply changes then click OK.
Finished, Please Sign out to see changes .
Quick and easy isn't it? Hope it is useful.