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How to switch from a Microsoft account to a local account, and tricks to avoid a Microsoft account

Microsoft has restored its instructions for switching from a Microsoft account to a local one in Windows. You can also avoid having to switch in the first place.

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNETThe page in question tries to explain how to add, remove, and otherwise manage an account to sign in to Windows. Deleting those instructions triggered criticism from concerned Windows users and several media outlets, likely creating undue attention that Microsoft hadn't anticipated. This is yet another case of Microsoft removing user choice, leaving people annoyed, and putting the company in a bad light.

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