Some of our loyal readers may remember my little mishap when I was able to track my wife by accident after inadvertently adding myself to her phone as a user.

For exactly that reason we want to warn against sharing devices and at least show you how to remove other people’s accounts from your device.

The steps may be slightly different depending on your Android version, device type, and vendor, but most users should be able to follow these steps.

For the primary user:

• Open Settings
• Tap System > Multiple users.

If you can’t find this setting, try searching your Settings app for users.

• Tap the name of the user you want to remove.
• Tap Delete user > Delete. If successful, the user will be removed from the list.
• If you want to stay the only user, you can turn the Multiple users feature off.

If you’re not the primary user (you can’t delete the primary user):

• Under Multiple Users tap More (three stacked dots).
• Tap Delete [username] from this device. Important: You can’t undo this.
• The device will switch to the owner’s profile.

Note: Android devices allow two types of additional users:

• Secondary user: This is any user added to the device other than the system user. Secondary users can be removed (either by themselves or by an admin user) and cannot impact other users on a device. These users can run in the background and continue to have network connectivity.
• Guest user: Temporary secondary user. Guest users have an explicit option to quickly delete the guest user when its usefulness is over. There can be only one guest user at a time.

Another privacy issue can be caused by having additional accounts on the device. Accounts are contained within a user but are not linked to a particular user. The tracking issue I discussed was caused by adding one of my Google accounts to my wife’s phone.

To remove unwanted accounts:

• Under Settings, tap on Accounts and Backups
• Then tap on Manage Accounts
• Select the account you want to remove and you will see the option to do that.

If you’re having trouble finding any of these settings on your specific Android device, reach out through the comments and when we can, we’ll add as many specific instructions as possible to the post.

There will be times when you need to remove a user from a device. In this article we’ll show you how to remove a user from a Mac.

For a better understanding it’s good to understand the difference between an actual user of the device and a “sharing only user.” On a Mac, you can use Sharing Only User settings to create a user that has access to your files and folders over the network. You can also use these settings to limit their access to your shared information and system.

Both have very similar ways of removal:

• Apple menu > System Settings
• Click Users & Groups in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
• Click the Info button next to the user or group you want to delete, then click Delete User or Delete Group. Note: If a user is logged in to this Mac now, you can’t select them.

This will delete sharing users immediately. For other users you’ll have to decide what you want to do with their Home folder first. You can delete it, keep it, or save it in a disk image.

• To save it in a disk image, select Save the home folder in a disk image, then click Delete User. This archives all the user’s documents and information so the user can be restored later if needed. The disk image is saved in /Users/Deleted Users/.
• To leave the user’s home folder as is, select Don’t change the home folder, then click Delete User. The user’s documents and information are saved and the user can be restored later if needed. The Home folder remains in /Users/.
• To remove the user’s home folder from the computer: Select Delete the home folder, then click Delete User. The user’s folder will be deleted.

If you don’t delete a user’s home folder, you can restore the user and the contents of the home folder. (A sharing-only user doesn’t have a home folder.)

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There will be times when you need to remove a user from a device. In this article we’ll show you how to remove a user from Windows 10 or 11.

On Windows you can create a local user account (an offline account) for anyone who will frequently use your PC. But the best option in most cases, is for everyone who uses your PC to have a Microsoft account. With a Microsoft account, you can access your apps, files, and Microsoft services across your devices.

Should you want to remove an additional user account from Windows 10 or 11, you can:

• Select Start > Settings > Accounts > Family & other users. 
• Under Other users, select the flyout for the account you want to remove.
• Next to Account and data, select Remove. Note: this will not delete their Microsoft account, it will just remove their sign-in info from your Windows device.

Please note that Windows devices can have more than one administrator account. A user with an administrator account can access everything on the system, and any malware they encounter can use the administrator permissions to potentially infect or damage any files on the system. Only grant that level of access when absolutely necessary and to people you trust.

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Microsoft is rolling out passkey support for all consumer accounts.

Passkeys are a very secure replacement for passwords that can’t be cracked, guessed or phished, and let you log in easily, without having to type a password every time.

After enabling them in Windows 11 last year, Microsoft account owners can now generate passkeys across multiple platforms including Windows, Android, and iOS. You can create passkeys for your Microsoft account, and you can choose your face, fingerprint, PIN, or a security key to secure it.

How to set up a passkey

To create a passkey for your Microsoft account, follow these steps on the device where you’d like to create a passkey:

• Sign in to your Microsoft account.
• Navigate to Security  > Advanced Security Options.

• Click on Get started.
• Choose Add a new way to sign in or verify.

Note: Under certain circumstances, somewhere along the way you may end up in this screen which basically offers you the same choices in a prompt.

• To create a passkey: Select Face, fingerprint, PIN, or security key.
• Follow the instructions on your device.
• During this process, you can choose to save the passkey to different devices like your Android, iPad, or iPhone, or a hardware key.
• You’ll be presented with a QR code to scan with the selected device.
• On the selected device you’ll be asked to authenticate.
• When the procedure is successful, you’ll be asked to provide a name for the passkey. A good choice is to use a name that gives away the location where you stored the passkey.

• After confirming the name you’ll see this confirmation.

Removing a passkey

Should you have second thoughts and want to remove a passkey, follow these steps:

• Visit the Advanced Security Options.
• From the list under Ways to prove who you are, select the passkey you’d like to remove.
• Choose Remove.

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Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. Keep threats off your devices by downloading Malwarebytes today.