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I have created a local user account in Windows 10 and set a password, but when I try to switch user from my Microsoft-account to the local one, the login screen prompts me for an email-address and a password. Typing the username I created into the email-textbox doesn't let me sign in.

How can I sign in to a local account without an email-address?

The option "Sign in with a local account instead" is missing from Settings > Account > Your info

Screenshot from Settings > Account:

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  • "How can I sign in to a local account without an email-address?" - Disconnect the local account from the Microsoft Account. Is your current problem that, you are unable to log into the account, that has now been linked to a Microsoft Account?
    – Ramhound
    Commented Oct 20, 2021 at 17:23
  • @Ramhound The problem is that when I am signed into my Microsoft-account, I want to switch accounts to the local account. I can't switch user, because there is no username-prompt on the login screen, only an email-prompt.
    – CKTS
    Commented Oct 20, 2021 at 17:32
  • You cannot log into a local account that has been linked to a Microsoft Account. While account exists to a certain point, it's inaccessible, while linked to the Microsoft Account. The account should be listed with the other accounts that exists on the system.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Oct 20, 2021 at 17:56
  • @Ramhound So, if I'm signed into my Microsoft account, how would I go about switching to a local account? Thank you for your time.
    – CKTS
    Commented Oct 20, 2021 at 18:00
  • Settings -> Accounts
    – Ramhound
    Commented Oct 20, 2021 at 18:17

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If you are still looking for the answer, when at the login screen, select other users and then for the email address, type .\ and then your local account username.

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  • Please explain why this happens. At the moment this sounds like a comment, not an answer.
    – Rohit Gupta
    Commented Dec 20, 2022 at 5:20
  • this is working for me and is actually answering the question of how to login, instead of explaining how to create a new local account which is not what is asked
    – Robert Wagenaar
    Commented Jun 26 at 12:32
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You need to create a new local account. Your current one can't work because it's linked to a Microsoft account.

From Create a local user or administrator account in Windows:

  • Run Start > Settings > Accounts > Family & other users
  • Select "Add someone else to this PC"
  • Select "I don't have this person's sign-in information"
  • On the next page, select "Add a user without a Microsoft account"
  • Enter a user name, password, or password hint, or choose security questions, and then select Next.

See the above article if you want to change this local user account to an administrator account.

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    I did all this, but after the account is created, how do I switch to it?
    – CKTS
    Commented Oct 21, 2021 at 9:18
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    To switch to the new account, enter Settings > Accounts > Your info and click “Sign in with a local account instead”.
    – harrymc
    Commented Oct 21, 2021 at 9:57
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    That option is missing, see my added screenshot.
    – CKTS
    Commented Oct 21, 2021 at 11:30
  • Do you see your new account in Computer Management > Local Users and Groups > Users? If not, then right-click in the empty space and select "New User..." and do it from there.
    – harrymc
    Commented Oct 21, 2021 at 12:38
  • @CKTS - You can enabled the group policy the lists users on the machine provided you are an Administrator on the machine and are absolutely NOT connected to an active directory domain.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Oct 21, 2021 at 12:59

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