Change administrator's email address in Windows 11

If you are logged in with a Microsoft account in Windows 11, you have used an email address to log in. The logged in user with a Microsoft account is the default administrator if set differently.

If, for whatever reason, you no longer have access to the email address of the Microsoft account that is logged in in Windows 11, you can change this email address in Windows 11.

You will then first replace the Microsoft account with one local-account and then you can register again with a new email address. This way you can change the administrator email in Windows 11. The user account and all personal data are preserved in this way.

So it is important that you stick with the old Microsoft account, whose email address you want to change, are logged in to Windows 11.

Please read the entire article before you implement it to get an idea of ​​what you are actually going to implement. If possible, make one first as well full Windows 11 system backup on external media.

Change administrator's email address in Windows 11

Right-click on the Start button. In the menu click on Settings. On the left, first click on Accounts and then on Your info.

To sign in again on this computer with a new Microsoft account email address, you must first change your current Microsoft account to a local account.

Click the “Sign in with a local account instead” link.

You will now receive the message “Are you sure you want to switch to a local account?”. Read the message carefully and click next if you agree.

You must have your identity checked. You can do this by entering the PIN code or password of the current Microsoft account user.

If you do not remember the PIN code, you can also use the password of the Microsoft account. To do this, click on more choices and select the Microsoft account.

You can now enter the new details for the local account you are going to create. First enter a username, then the password twice and, if necessary, a reminder for the password.

Click next when you're done. Make a note of this information, we will need it later to log you in to Windows 11.

You will now sign out of your Microsoft account and sign back in with the local user. We will later replace this local user with the new Microsoft account.

Click Log Out and Finish.

Now log in with the local account. By clicking on login options you can either use the old PIN code or the password we just set for the local user.

Once you are logged in, right-click on the Start button. In the menu, click Settings. On the left, click on Accounts and then on Your info.

Now you can sign in again in Windows 11 by entering a Microsoft account. So this way you can to switch of Microsoft account as administrator and still keep your profile in Windows 11.

Click the “Sign in with a Microsoft account instead” link in the account settings.

You can now sign in with the new Microsoft account email address in Windows 11. If you still need to create one, click “create one” and follow the steps.

The local user account you just created will now be replaced again with the email of the Microsoft account you are now going to log in with.

This way you keep all profile settings and data on this PC and you have changed the email address (Microsoft account) of the administrator.

I hope it all worked out. Thank you for reading!

Also read: Create a guest account in Windows 11.