How to Rename the User Folder in Windows 11

By default, the User folder on Windows gets named based on the first five characters of your email address. There might be instances you might want to rename the folder in Windows 11. Luckily, there are a couple of ways to change it. Here's how.

[SLnCe]

Some people are complaining in the comments saying that this does not work and that it messes up your computer. I've done it and my computer is completely fine. If you do not do it correctly, you will definitely mess up your PC because if the user folder is not accesible, for whatever reason, your computer will not be able to login to the account.

In any case, going back to what you had is pretty easy.

PS: I've done this only on a local account. I haven't tried it with a Microsoft account because I will never use that sh*t.

[charithashen]

this is not the solution.if don''t know the solution why are you trying to mislead people?

[diocarvalho]

if you cannot rename the user folder, just create new user with adm permission, restart pc, log on new user, rename folder, logout and enter on user of renamed folder and works!

[nguyenphan]

You must use another user as administrator in order to rename the original one. And you must sign out of the current user you want to rename

[bachusrisai]

I had also lost my data like files, downloads, documents, images, etc but not C drive folders it had information and data but unable to open and gets error message🤧😭😭😭

[NoobPlayzWasTaken]

sometimes this can be messed up, like you cant even rename the folder sometimes, but luckily i could edit the folder :)

[destroyroman]

Follow all of these steps but when you make the second account DONT NAME IT WHAT YOU WANT TO USE AS THE NAME ON THE ORIGINAL. Then switch the second account, run cmd and find SID for original account and follow steps in regedit. Restart pc then log BACK IN as SECOND account. Using the second account, go back to the file explorer and find the user folder with the old original name on it. You can only edit id youre signed in to the second account. After making sure you change the name to what you put in regedit, switcj accounts to original. THIS IS HOW I GOT IT TO WORK

[cleverestx]

The step to rename the actual user account folder fails....it does not allow the folder to be renamed...greyed out...ideas?

[louisecollins]

profile image path doesn't appear

[surya]

Hai i have an issue could you help me to solve it. I enabled a bitloker for a 64 gb pendrive now I forget it so give a solution... 😢

[yuvrajYR]

Is there any easy way to do the same...?

[NZ-outdoors]

Lol I'm sure it never used to be this hard to rename a New Folder?

[SophieHarrison-mubt]

This has literally broken my brand new DellXPS laptop, I'm fuming. How can I fix this? I followed the steps as described above to rename the folder, but when it came to the actual folder itself I could not change the name. Now I cannot even log in and the laptop is not functioning properly.

[brahampreetsingh]

easy, no files corrupted nothing, it was smoothly done, Thankyou !

[sumanvibes]

Donot use this steps guys my laptop all files and data has lost 😡