A Tutorial For Beginners: How to rename your Windows 8 user profile


If you want to rename your account profile, read this guide

Preview user profile



1. Open the Charms bar by moving your mouse pointer over the right corner of your screen. Alternatively you may press Windows key + C on the Start screen to open the Charms bar. Then select Search.

Open charms rename

2. Next, type ‘Control Panel’ into the search box and click the search button. Then click on the Control Panel icon on the left side of the pane.

Control panel rename

3. Next, Click On ‘Add or remove user accounts’ under ‘User Accounts and Family Safety’.

Add remove user accounts profile

4. Next, click on the user profile which you prefer to rename.

Select user profile

5. Next, click on ‘Change the account name’.

Change the account name

6. Type in the new name and click on ‘Change Name’.

Type new name user profile

7. Finally, your profile will be renamed

User profile renamed

This is very easy to do and should not result in any errors, but if you experience any problems or difficulties let us know

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