
Go to the second part of this guide below to learn how to change your Microsoft account’s username. Note: If you don’t see the “ Change your account name” option during step 4, it likely means that your user account is a Microsoft account. Then, select the user account whose name you want to change and follow the remaining steps to do so. If you want to change the user name of a different account, click on Manage another account instead during step 4.

In the Control Panel window, click on User Accounts.However, you must be signed in as an administrator in order to have the privilege required to change the username of any account on Windows 11. You can use any of the 3 methods below to change the user name for an Administrator, Standard or Guest account. If your user account in Windows 11 is a local account that doesn’t link to any Microsoft account, you can easily change the account name via one of the 3 methods below.

How to change the user name for a local account
