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How to Copy a Profile to a New User Account in Windows 11

Follow the methods to copy a user profile to a new user account

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Updated onOctober 25, 2024

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There are a lot of instances that require you to migrate your Windows 11 user profile to a new user account.

You may want to perform the Windows 11 copy profile to new user task because you have lost your PC, or you are just upgrading from an old PC to a new one.

How to copy and transfer user profile in Windows 11

1. Backup the profile

The above steps save a backup of your Windows profile to the selected location. In case your profile gets corrupt, you can open the Backup and Restore option and revert back to the date when everything was normal.

And if you are only looking to copy your Windows profile to another hard drive, then you can follow the below steps.

2. Transfer with Microsoft accounts

One of the best ways or rather easiest ways to transfer a Windows 10 profile to a new user or a PC is to switch to a Microsoft account.

Notably, if you have signed up for a Microsoft account and use it on your PC, then you can sync your profile into another PC just by signing into it.

Microsoft account is free to register and this process will only replicate your Windows 10 user profile, not your files and programs.

3. Use TransWiz

1.DownloadTransWiz.

On your PC, if you only have one profile, create a new profile with admin rights.
Switch over to the newly created profile.
Launch TransWiz.
Select the optionI want to transfer data to another computer.
ClickNext.
Choose theprofileyou want to transfer.
ClickNext.
Choose theexternal hard driveas your location and hitNext.
ClickOK.
TransWiz will create a ZIP file on your external hard drive.
Connect it to your new machine and launch TransWiz.
Choose theRestore dataoption.

14.Selectthe ZIP file and TransWiz will do the rest.

TransWiz will restore your profile.

Although Windows 11 does not have a built-in option that allows you to transfer profiles, there is specialized third-party software that can do just that.

TransWiz is our recommended choice, given that it’s free and easy to use. It is a domain migration tool that can copy your data from one user profile to another in a few minutes.

Does Windows 10 have a profile transfer wizard?

There isn’t any such profile transfer wizard available on Windows 10 or higher versions. However, there are several third-party tools that you can use to perform the exact task.

Moreover, if you are using a local account on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC then you may want to convert it into a Microsoft account.

This will help you to transfer your Microsoft account to the new PC from an old PC simply by a sign in.

How to fix the Windows 10 copy user profile greyed out problem?

There are a few fixes that you can apply to resolve the Windows 10 copy user profile greyed out problem:

We hope that this guide helped you with how you can copy a user profile to a new user account in Windows 11. The process is the same for Windows 10 PCs as well.

Let us know in the comments below if you come across any issues while following the above guide.

How to Copy a Profile to a New User Account in Windows 11#

How to copy and transfer user profile in Windows 11#

1. Backup the profile#

2. Transfer with Microsoft accounts#

3. Use TransWiz#

Does Windows 10 have a profile transfer wizard?#

How to fix the Windows 10 copy user profile greyed out problem?#