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How To Delete User Pro le in Windows 10

In this article, we will see how to delete a pro le for a user account without deleting the account
itself. This will allow you to reset all preferences and settings for all apps and Windows for a speci c
user.

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Note: This article doesn't explain how to delete a user account. Instead, we will see how to reset a
user account's data by deleting its pro le. If you need to delete the user account itself, please refer to
the following article:

How to remove a user account in Windows 10 properly

A user pro le is a set of les and folders to store all the personal preferences, app settings,
documents and other data. Every user account has an associated user pro le. Usually, it is stored in
the folder C:\Users\Username and includes a number of subfolders like Desktop, Documents,
Downloads, etc along with hidden folders like AppData which store the settings for various Windows
features and installed apps. The main purpose of the user pro le is to create a personalized
environment with individual options tailored to the end user.

If your user pro le has got corrupted or if you need to reset it to default, then you can delete the
pro le without removing the account. The next time you sign-in, a new pro le will automatically be
created for your user account. Let's see how it can be done.

Before proceeding, ensure that your user account has administrative privileges. Also, you cannot
delete the pro le for the current (active) account. Ensure you have signed in with another user
account and not with the one whose pro le data you wish to delete.

To delete a user pro le in Windows 10 , do the following.

1. Press Win + R hotkeys on the keyboard. The Run dialog will appear on the screen. Type the
following into the text box and press Enter:

SystemPropertiesAdvanced

2. Advanced System Properties will open. There, click on the Settings button in the User Pro les
section.

3. In the User Pro les window, select the pro le of the user account and click the Delete button.
4. Con rm the request, and the pro le of the user account will now be deleted.
The next time the user signs in, his or her pro le will be re-created automatically, with all the default
options and settings.

You might also be interested in learning how to delete a user pro le manually. This procedure
involves File Explorer and the Registry editor app.

Delete a user pro le in Windows 10 manually

1. Open File Explorer.

2. Go to the folder C:\Users and look for the user name which you want to delete. The appropriate
folder contains everything related to the user pro le, so you just need to delete this folder.

3. Now, open Registry Editor.

4. Go to the following Registry key.
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

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5. On the left, go through the subkeys. For each subkey, look for the value data of the
Pro leImagePath string value. Once you nd the one which points to the deleted user pro le,
remove it. See the following screenshot:

That's it! You just deleted the user pro le for the account. It will be re-created using defaults the next
time the user signs in.

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