Family and Other Users in Windows 10 – Tutorial

Family and Other Users in Windows 10: Video Lesson

            This video lesson, titled “Managing Family and Other Users,” shows you how to manage family and other users in Windows 10. This video lesson on how to manage family and other users in Windows 10 is from our complete Windows 10 training, titled “Mastering Windows Made Easy v.10.”

Family and Other Users in Windows 10: Overview

            To manage family and other users in Windows 10, open the “Settings” window and click the “Accounts” button in the middle of the screen to display account settings. Then click the “Family & other users” category at the left side of the screen to manage your family and other user accounts on this device in the area to the right if you are signed in with a user account that is set up as an “Administrator” user account on this computer. Note that family settings may not be available for computers that are joined to a domain. To add a family member account, click the “Add a family member” button to open the “Add a child or an adult?” wizard that lets you create the family member’s account. Enter the information into the wizard and click the “Next” button until you have created the account.

Family and Other Users in Windows 10 – Tutorial: A picture of a user creating a family user account in Windows 10.

            To create other new user accounts for users who are not part of your family, click the “Add someone else to this PC” button and then follow the onscreen prompts in the “How will this person sign in?” wizard to create a new user account. To change the account type or remove accounts you have added, click the name of the account and then click either the “Change account type” button to change the local account type settings (“Standard,” “Administrator,” or “Child”) in the onscreen prompts that appear or click the “Remove” button to remove the account from your computer.

Family and Other Users in Windows 10: Instructions

1. To manage family and other users in Windows 10, open the “Settings” window and click the “Accounts” button in the middle of the screen.
2. Click the “Family & other users” category at the left side of the screen to manage your family and other user accounts on this device in the area to the right if you are signed in with a user account that is set up as an “Administrator” user account on this computer. Note that family settings may not be available for computers that are joined to a domain
3. To add a family member account, click the “Add a family member” button to open the “Add a child or an adult?” wizard that lets you create the family member’s account.
4. Enter the information into the wizard and click the “Next” button until you created the account.
5. To create other new user accounts for users who are not part of your family, click the “Add someone else to this PC” button and then follow the onscreen prompts in the “How will this person sign in?” wizard to create a new user account.
6. To change the account type or remove accounts you have added, click the name of the account and then click either the “Change account type” button to change the local account type settings (“Standard,” “Administrator,” or “Child”) in the onscreen prompts that appear or click the “Remove” button to remove the account from your computer.