4 Ways: How to Recover Deleted User Profile in Windows 10 and 11?

What happens if your user profile is deleted in Windows 10?

Each Windows user has their own profile. A user profile stores information and settings for the user account that it is linked to. An account, on the other hand, is how you log in to Windows 10. It is made when Windows is installed, and you can use a user account to log in to your PC and make more than one account inside.

However, it can be damaged or deleted due to human errors, disk corruption, bad shutdowns, registry issues, hardware problems, or malware. This can cause loss of personal settings, documents, and app data. When this happens, Windows might also remove the user’s name from the sign-in screen. This can happen in two ways:

If you didn’t create a backup in Windows 10 before, how can you recover a deleted user profile and all lost files in Windows 10? In fact, there are 4 methods available. In the next part, we will introduce how to recover a deleted user profile in Windows 10.

How to recover deleted user profile Windows 10?

How to restore a deleted user profile in Windows 10? Actually, you can use 4 methods to do so. To ensure efficiency and high success rate, you can rely on a powerful data recovery tool like AOMEI FastRecovery. Or you can use other 3 Windows built-in tools to undelete profiles.

Method 1. Run AOMEI FastRecovery to recover deleted user profile in Windows 10

If you need to recover deleted user profile in Windows 10 with all documents and files and then create a one in your system, please use professional data recovery software such as AOMEI FastRecovery, because only such professional software can effectively scan and recover deleted files in Windows 10, even if you don't have any previous backups. It only takes a few steps and about a few minutes to complete the entire file recovery process.

Step 1. Install and launch AOMEI FastRecovery. Choose the exact partition or disk where your data lost and click Scan.

Step 2. Then, the recovery tool start to scan and search. lt will execute the “Quickly Scan" first for finding your deleted data fast, and then execute the “Deep Scan" for searching other lost data.

Step 3. Once the scan is completed, all deleted files, recycle bins and other missing files will be displayed. Please select the file you would like to recover and then click "Recover".

Step 4. Then, select a folder path to save your recovered photos.

Step 5. Wait patiently for this process of recovering ends.

Method 2. Run Windows 10 deleted user profile recovery with File History

File History automatically includes Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos, and Desktop files. You can follow the steps below to undelete profile in Windows 10, 11 if you have a backup with File History.

Step 1. Type "Restore files" in the Search icon, and then click "Open" to restore your files with File History.

Step 2. Find the deleted pictures or the folders which contain the pictures

Step 3. Select the green refresh button to recover deleted pictures to their original places.

Method 3. Restore user profile in Windows 10 from Previous Versions

How to recover an accidentally deleted user profile? Restoring from Previous Versions is straightforward and cost-effective. If you have Windows restore points or File History enabled, you may be able to find prior versions of the file.

System restore points automatically save snapshots of your computer's settings and configurations at preset intervals. These restore points may contain a previous version of a file that was overwritten. File History backups may save past versions of files, which can be easily recovered.

Step 1. Go to File Explorer, locate and right-click the file/folder you need to restore an older version, and select Restore Previous Versions.

Step 2. Choose Previous Versions and choose the right version from the list of File versions.

Step 3. Click Restore to recover it to its original location.

Method 4. Restore a deleted user profile in Windows 10 with Windows backup

If you need to recover deleted user profile in Windows 10 or even overwritten files without earlier versions, Windows Backup and Restore can help. This program automatically backs up your files in a chosen place for file recovery.

Step 1. Open Control Panel, click on System and Security and select Backup and Restore.

Step 2. Tap on Restore my files.

Step 3. Click Browse for files to choose the available backup file, then click Next.

Step 4. Choose a new place or restore the file to its original location and click "Restore."

Conclusion

If you have not created any backup, AOMEI FastRecovery is the best way to recover deleted user profile in Windows 10 or 11. For data protection reasons, it's always a good idea to make backups on a regular basis.