Windows 10 Home and Pro Users: Disable User Accounts with the Command Prompt If you're using Windows 10 in a larger business, you likely won't have multiple local user accounts set up on a system and these tools will probably be disabled anyway. Note: This article is intended mostly for people using Windows 10 in their homes or small businesses. Here's how you can enable or disable a user account in Windows 10. This lets you re-enable the account later on without losing any of their data. Disabling an account removes the account's icon from the sign-in screen and from the menu to switch users. However, sometimes you need to disable a user's account without deleting it because deleting the account would remove all their files, apps, and personalized settings.