This tutorial will show you how to rename a user profile folder for any account (local account or Microsoft account) in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You must be signed in as an administrator to change the name of a user profile folder. Changing the name of an account's user profile folder will not change the account's user name.
This tutorial will show you how to delete the profile of a user account to have a new profile created for the user without deleting their account in Windows 10. This can be helpful if you have a corrupted profile for an account, and wanted to create a new profile for the account.
Create a temporary user with admin rights on the local computer. This is needed to remove your domain user profile so it can be recreated. Log out of your account and log into the temporary admin user. Find Advanced System Settings (for example through Start | Run and typing sysdm.cpl) and select Settings from the User Profile section.
If a user signs in to their account and gets We can't sign into your account message and You've been signed in with a temporary profile notification message below, then that user has been signed in to a temporary profile (ex: C:\Users\ TEMP ) instead of the profile from their C:\Users\28 May 2021 How to Hide or Show User Profile Personal Folders in Windows 10 File Explorer The user profile of each account includes the 3D Objects, Contacts, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Favorites, Links, Music, OneDrive, Pictures, Saved Games, Searches, and Videos personal folders by default in Windows 10.