How to sign out other users in Windows 10

In Windows, you have ability to create multiple users and each user can manage their data separately. At the login screen, users can pick their account and sign in. Also, it is easy to switch to another account on the system, any time. If you are already managing or about to manage multi-user Windows 10 system, this article may interest you. In this article, we will see how you can sign out other users in Windows 10.

Basically in Windows 10, at a time, you can have multiple users signed in. The processes which are on per-user basis may run separately for those user accounts. Hence it is obvious that if multiple users are logged in, their accounts have multiple processes running. In case if a user did not signed out manually and he/she is not using system anymore, you might want to sign out that user so that processes running in their account can be terminated. Otherwise, they may be using system resources and may slow down system for other active users.

So here is how you can sign out other users in Windows 10. We have got two methods for you, first is using Command Prompt and second is via Task Manager.

How to sign out other users in Windows 10

Method 1 – Via Command Prompt

1. Open administrative Command Prompt.

2. In the Command Prompt window, type query session and press Enter key.

3. As a result, you will see the list of signed in users. Note down the ID of the user you want to sign out.

4. Now type logoff <USER-ID> and press Enter key. Make sure you replace <USER-ID> with correct user ID we got in previous step.

Method 2 – Using Command Prompt

1. Right click on the taskbar and select Task Manager.

2. In the Task Manager, switch to Users tab. Now select/highlight the user you want to logoff and click Sign out.

3. In the confirmation prompt, select Sign out user. The user must be signed out now.

That’s it!