Windows 10: Create a new user account - how it works

If you want to use Windows 10 with other people, you must first create a new user account. We will show you the individual steps in this guide.

Create a new user account in Windows 10

After the very first start of Windows 10, create your personal user account. You can then add more accounts:

1. To do this, press the key combination [Windows] + [X] and select "Control Panel".
2. Then click on the sub-item of the same name in the "User Accounts" category.
3. Here you decide on the entry "Manage another account".
4. It appears on a list of all previously available accounts. Under the window, click on "Add new user in PC settings".
5. The Settings app opens by clicking on the plus symbol under "Other users".
6. Then log in with the new user's Microsoft account. Alternatively, you can create the account without a Microsoft account. To do this, click on "Add users without a Microsoft account" and enter the desired name and password.

On the next page, we will show you how to switch between the individual Windows users.

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