How to remove someone else's email from my account?

Hello,

I recently had a friend over who logged into their Xbox account on my Windows 10 PC. After they left, I went to use Chrome on the same PC, but this happened:



This was totally expected, because my Windows account is NOT part of a family. So I went to account settings and found that my account is now tied to my friend's email:



And my PC is now part of my friend's family:



So, somehow, when my friend signed into Xbox, their email was tied to my account. And because their parents have restricted them from using Chrome (lame), I can't use Chrome either. How can I remove my friend's email from my account? Can I remove their family from my PC? I would greatly appreciate any help with this.

My Windows version number is 19041.

Paul Black said:

Hello @AndrewUpACreek,

Welcome to Tenforums!

Have you tried this => Add or Remove Child Member for Microsoft Family Group in Windows 10.

I hope this helps!

Hi @Paul Black, thanks for the suggestion. My friend is a child member in their family, but I don’t want to remove my friend from their family because I’m sure their parents would not want that. What I’m hoping is that there’s a way to remove my friend’s email from my account and turn it back into a local account.

Caledon Ken said:

I would remove him and then have them add him back.

Gain control over you device.

Ok, I’ll give it a try and report back.

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Ok so my friend just removed themself from their family and I got this notification:



And I am removed from the family:



But my account is still tied to their email:



What can I do now to remove it?

Unfortunately I never set up restore points. It's so funny you mention Macrium because I installed it previously but hadn't gotten around to making an image! So I ended up just transferring everything to a new local account like you suggested (my old account was local before this). It took a long time but it was a good opportunity to weed out some software and files I no longer need. I learned my lesson though—I'm definitely going to be diligently backing up my computer from now on. Thanks for your help!