This article shows how you can delete guest account from your Windows 10, if exists.
Microsoft has removed the Guest account in Windows 10 and not enabled by default. Still, there are some alternates, by which Guest account can be created or enabled in Windows 10.
[How to Create a Guest account in Windows 10?]
Basically, a Guest account allows users to access limited features to have temporary access to your computer. If someone using the Guest user account, cannot install software or change settings.
In Windows 10, default Guest account cannot be password protected.
Administrator Account: Administrator user account has a complete access to install and remove software and can make any changes to system settings.
Administrators may be prompted to provide its password for confirmation before being allowed to open as per your given command, and make changes that affect the system or other users too.
Standard User Account: A standard user account can use most of the installed software and change system settings that do not affect other user accounts
If a Standard account user wants to make such kind of changes, which may affect other user account.
Then, UAC (user account control) prompted to your screen and will ask to enter Administrator password to get the given command done.
Delete Guest Account in Windows 10
As Guest Account has limited features to access Windows and other programs in a Windows so, delete process cannot be done from Guest account itself.
Make sure that you are logged into the Administrator account before performing the steps given below:
Step 1. Open Windows 10 Settings.
To open Settings, click to Start Menu and click Settings Button.
Step 2. Navigate and click on Accounts.
Step 3. Now in the left pane; select Family & other people and select the account (Test) that you want to delete.
Note: Test is an example here of a Guest account in our Windows 10. You must have different name there
Step 4. Navigate to Other People, you will find the guest account (Test) you created earlier.
Select the account and click Remove.
Step 5. You will be prompted a Windows authentication Delete account and data?
Click Delete account and data button.
It will do a little process and the account and its data will be completely removed from your computer.
By doing above steps, you can easily delete guest account from any Windows computer.
