The Redmond giant prefers Microsoft accounts, although this has not stopped it from acknowledging that local accounts also have their advantages, an issue that has once again sparked controversy as the US company decided to remove the guide which explained how you can switch from a Microsoft account to a local account.

If we access this guide, we will see that now there is only a version that explains how to convert a local account to a Microsoft account. Using the Internet Archive “WayBack Machine” It is possible to restore a previous version of this guidewhich explained how to do the opposite, i.e. convert a Microsoft account to a local account.

It’s clear that Microsoft wants us all to ditch local accounts and doesn’t mind taking questionable actions “encourage” the abandonment of said accounts. This move is harmful to users and does not benefit the Redmond giant in any way, because in the end, a large part of Windows users do not need more than a local account in their daily life.

On the other hand, these types of accounts have a very important advantage over Microsoft accounts, which is that they can work perfectly online. I.e they do not need an internet connection and they also don’t connect to third-party services, so they work offline and offer important security and privacy value.

Although Microsoft has removed the part of the guide dedicated to local accounts, both types of accounts can be used without problems today. The problem is that by removing the links to local accounts users may feel that these types of accounts are being abandoned, or that for some reason they are no longer in favor of Microsoft.

For less experienced users, this practice may be enough you think you need to switch to a Microsoft account, when in reality you most likely don’t need it. As our regular readers already know, both types of accounts have their advantages and disadvantages, and the use of one or the other will depend more on the Microsoft services we are going to use than anything else.

For example, for someone who uses a lot of Microsoft services and applications and wants to keep them perfectly synchronized between different devices, a Microsoft account would be a good choice. For someone who only uses Windows on one device, at most an application or service from the Redmond giant, A local account will do its job perfectly.