Windows makes it easy to change the administrator name.

Here are four quick ways to change the administrator name on Windows 11.

To do that, press Windows+i toopen the tweaks app.

A laptop.

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Then, go to Accounts > Your info > Accounts.

On the Microsoft account page that opens, click “Your info” in the top bar.

Then, click “Edit name” under your profile picture.

Accounts option in the Settings app

The administrator name of your box is now changed.

If you’re using alocal account, you must change the admin account name using a different method.

pop in the new name in the “New account name” field and click “Change Name”.

Edit name option on Microsoft page

You’ll see the new name appear on the welcome screen and the Start menu.

It allows you to add, remove, or modify your user account.

you could also use the netplwiz command to change the administrator name, as follows.

Save option on Microsoft page

Press the Windows+R key together to fire up the Run tool.

Then, key in “netplwiz” in the search field and hit Enter.

In the User Accounts window that appears, select your account and click “Properties”.

Change my account name option in the Control Panel

Then, you’ll have to sign out and sign back in for the changes to take effect.

To begin,launch Command Prompt with elevated permissions.

In the elevated Command Prompt window, key in the following command and press Enter.

Change name option in the Control Panel

This will display all the accounts on your rig.

Then, key in the following command and hit Enter.

netplwiz command in the Run tool

Properties option in the User Accounts window

Full name field in the User Accounts window

Run as admin option in the Start menu

Useraccount viewing command in Command Prompt

Administrator name changing command in Command Prompt