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recently left an organization and my ID there was disabled. When employed there, I used my personal PC for work as well as my own stuff. Now I get frequent requests to log in to my Work or School Account. How do I remove the Work account from my personal PC?
I have tried this on the Email and Account Settings page but when I click Manage, a web page opens and wants me to sign in to the work account, which I cannot do any longer.
How can I get rid of this account from my PC?
I tried this command
dsregcmd.exe /debug /leave
Didnt work either
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thank you, this was helpful
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I had this same problem. Windows 11 Pro version 23H2.
I was able to fix it by downloading this file:
https://download.microsoft.com/download/8/e/f/8ef13ae0-6aa8-48a2-8697-5b1711134730/WPJCleanUp.zip
I extracted the contents of WPJCleanUp.zip.
I went in to the folder called v2004 and RIGHT-clicked on the file called "CleanupWPJ_X86.exe" and then left-click on "Run as Administrator".
I don't know what this file does specifically, but it definitely got rid of the unwanted and otherwise un-removeable Work or School Account from my personal laptop.
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I was successful finding the account under Settings>Accounts>Access Work or School on my Win 11 Pro system. I selected "disconnect" and restarted. Too easy! But no, this did not resolve my issue. The workplace OneDrive location still shows up when I save a new 365 file. I've tried most of the other suggestions in this thread and nothing has removed the workplace OneDrive location from my list of possible "save file" locations. Attempting to save to that location does not work as I am not logged into that account and cannot log into that account. I observe that rebuilding "clean" is the default last resort. This certainly worked with a personal laptop.
It is a bit frustrating that there seems to be no consistent and reliable way to remove a work or school join from a personal PC. I did figure out how to change the default save location to my personal OneDrive folder, so I guess it's out of sight and thus, out of mind.
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The "CleanupWPJ_X86.exe" worked perfectly, this is a cleanup tool to remove old work accounts that get stuck.
Here is where you can download the file:
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I had the same problem. Windows 11 Pro v23H2.
What worked for me was this:
I could not tell you specifically what the file called "CleanupWPJ_X86.exe" does, but it definitely removed the unwanted Work or School Account from my personal laptop. Nothing else I had tried, had done any good at all.