▷ How to change windows 10 administrator from one user account to another

User accounts allow us to access the operating system and be able to work with the team. Today we show you what to do to change Windows 10 administrator from one account to another. In addition, we will also see how to change the username of any account.

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Sometimes we have the need to create a different user account than the one we have and assign it to the administrator permissions instead of having them located in the old account. It is always recommended that only one account with administrator permissions exist in the system so that the computer is more protected. It is for this reason that today we will see how to be able to change Windows 10 administrator and thus not have two accounts with those permissions.

Administrator permissions allow us to perform advanced actions on the system, such as installing programs or making changes to system settings. These actions would not be possible from a normal user account.

Create user account

The first thing we must do to change Windows 10 administrator is create a new account. If there is only one account on our computer, we cannot assign non-administrator permissions to it. To create a new user we will go to the configuration window.

• To access it we must click on the cogwheel of the start menu and inside it, on " User accounts "

Then we must place ourselves in the option of the lateral list " Family and other people"

The process to create a user account is quite simple. In order not to extend this tutorial so much, we invite you to read another one that we have for these purposes.

Once this new user is created, you will not have administrator permissions, unless we have created it from the command console.

How to change administrator in Windows from the control panel

To do this we will have to be in a session with an administrator user

The first way to do this is to do the control panel. The procedure will be as follows:

• We go to " start " and write " Control Panel ". Then we access the search result to access it.

• Once inside, click on " User Accounts "

• Now click on " Change account type " in the next window

• In this new window, we will have all the user accounts that are available in the system

• Click on the account that we want to assign administrator permissions. Then we choose the option " change account type "

• Now we can select in the options that it gives us, the " administrator "

• Next, we will click on “ Change the account type ”.

In this way we will already have a user account with administrator permissions.

To change the previous account of permissions we will do exactly the same steps that we have done for this case.

Change username in Windows 10 from control panel

Through the control panel and this account window, we can also easily change the username of the system

• Starting from the previous window where the user accounts are listed, we will click on the one we want to modify their name. In the next window we click on " Change the account name "

Now we can enter a new name and click on " change the name"

Change Windows 10 administrator with Netplwiz

We can also perform this procedure more directly using the "Netplwiz" command. This command allows access to the advanced options of system user accounts. Let's see what we should do:

• Press the key combination " Windows + R " to open the Run tool. Type " netplwiz " and press Enter.

In this window, we will have all the necessary tools to create, modify and delete users.

• We select the account that we want to change and press " properties "

• Then we are on the tab "group membership " Here we can directly assign the user administrator permissions

Change username in Windows 10 with Netplwiz

You may have already noticed that from the netplwiz properties window we can directly change the name of the user, so it has no greater secret.

As you can see, it is a very fast process, especially with the use of the netplwiz command

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If you have had any problems during the modification of your user, you only have to write it to us in the comments. We hope this has been helpful.