Accounts on Windows 11

Accounts is entry 6 of 11 on the first screen of Settings in Windows 11, holding 7 options and 20 more on the screens they open, in the order the device shows them.

• Your info
  • Account type
  • Sign in with a Microsoft account instead
• Email & accounts
  • johnwick@outlook.com
  • Add account
  • Add a work or school account
• Sign-in options
  • Facial recognition (Windows Hello)
  • Fingerprint recognition (Windows Hello)
  • PIN (Windows Hello)
  • Security key
  • Password
  • Windows Hello sign-in for Microsoft accounts
  • Require sign-in on wake
• Family
  • Add someone
  • Your family
• Windows backup
  • OneDrive folder syncing
  • Remember my apps
  • Remember my preferences
• Access work or school
  • Connect
• Other users
  • Add account
  • Guest

What changed in Accounts since Windows 10

53 new, 46 gone and 9 renamed on this screen and the ones inside it.

• New Your info › Sign in with a Microsoft account instead › Email, phone, or Skype
• New Your info › Sign in with a Microsoft account instead › Next
• New Email & accounts › Add account › Outlook.com
• New Email & accounts › Add account › Office 365
• New Email & accounts › Add account › Google
• New Email & accounts › Add account › Yahoo!
• New Email & accounts › Add account › iCloud
• New Email & accounts › Add account › Other account
• New Email & accounts › Add account › Advanced setup
• New Email & accounts › Add a work or school account › Email address
• New Email & accounts › Add a work or school account › Next
• New Email & accounts › Add a work or school account › Join this device to Microsoft Entra ID
• Gone Your info › John Wick
• Gone Your info › Administrator
• Gone Your info › Verify
• Gone Your info › Manage my Microsoft account
• Gone Your info › Sign in with a local account instead
• Gone Your info › Sign in with a local account instead › User name
• Gone Your info › Sign in with a local account instead › New password
• Gone Your info › Sign in with a local account instead › Confirm password
• Gone Your info › Sign in with a local account instead › Password hint
• Gone Your info › Sign in with a local account instead › Next
• Gone Email & accounts › Add an account
• Gone Email & accounts › Outlook
• Renamed Browse for one → Account type
• Renamed Camera → Sign in with a Microsoft account instead
• Renamed Add a Microsoft account → johnwick@outlook.com
• Renamed Gmail → Add account
• Renamed Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update → Facial recognition (Windows Hello)
• Renamed Dynamic lock → Fingerprint recognition (Windows Hello)
• Renamed Windows Hello PIN → PIN (Windows Hello)
• Renamed Security Key → Security key
• Renamed Family & other users → Windows backup

Accounts on other systems

The same screen, as each system draws it.

The same screen in other versions

Other sections of Windows 11