How to delete Microsoft account

The Microsoft account appeared in Windows starting with 8 versions. With it, you can authorize on various Microsoft services, as well as it is required to download applications in the store. If you do not use the above applications, you can delete the account. Plus, the lack of Microsoft account is that when entering the computer using a local record, you are more difficult to identify, and therefore it is more difficult to hack.

The first thing to do is to create a backup of the data regarding the Microsoft account. After you delete access to them closes. This concerns the files that are stored in the cloud, purchase information in Microsoft (including the keys to the software), contacts in Skype, if the Microsoft account was used to enter the program, cancel all paid subscriptions if they were.

Now you can proceed. Go to your account on microsoft website and go to the "Security and Privacy" tab. The system will require enter the code that will come to the mailbox or telephone.

After the code is entered, the account settings page will open. Scroll it into the bottom and click on the "Close Account".

A list of what needs to be done before deleting an entry is not to lose files to have access to devices that use Microsoft account. After the recommendations are made, click on the "Next" button and check the items that warn of data loss and choose the reason in the list, why did you decide to abandon account. Next, click on the "Mark for closing" button.

If you are not sure that the Microsoft account is not needed in the future, you can simply change the use of the account to the local entry. To do this, go to the computer parameters and select accounts. Click "Disable" under the name and surname.

In the window that opens, you need to enter a password from the Microsoft account. Next, specify the name of the local account and password, if necessary. Click "Next" and "Exit from Microsoft account." All data will remain and, if necessary, you can access them, but local ones will be used on the computer.

After full deletion on the website, the account becomes inactive and only after 60 days will pass, it is completely erased. If you suddenly change your mind before this period goes, just go to the account under your login and password, and it will turn out again.