Windows 10: Related to "Should I Unlink or Remove a device, or both, and in what order."

I have an old HP laptop that is also linked to my MS account. Problem is files are written to this HP laptop and not to my new MS Surface. So.. I want to unlink or remove this old HP but still use the old HP for internet surfing. Please confirm best next steps for me. Many thanks.

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Should I Unlink or Remove a device, or both, and in what order.

Should I Unlink or Remove a device, or both, and in what order. I found different answers but nothing clear with the problem we have. My daughter ex boyfriend left with her laptop and we do not have access to it anymore. We tried to Find the device but no luck. He can keep the laptop but from our side, should we Unlink the device still in my daughter's account and then Remove the device ? She changed he online password account but we think the laptop had automatic logon on line. We just want to make sure she is no more linked with the laptop, even if was never Reset. Thank in advance for your help.

 

Should I Unlink or Remove a device, or both, and in what order.

Thanks for your fast reply. I should see my daughter in a week or two and will give a try. I don't have her password and she had to leave.

But my logic is that if I remove the device first, that device should be gone from my list, so the Unlink should not be available after.

But I will follow your instructions and add some feedback to this post after. Thanks again.

 

Unlink an old android phone from my pc

I go thru the suggested steps: Start - Settings - Phone - Unlink this PC.

When I first open the "your phone" screen the old phone is listed. Not sure if the phone listed is suppose to be selectable or not, but my is not. When I select "Unlink this PC" the phone listed is removed. When I select "Add Phone" the old phone still
shows. I have removed the old phone from my Microsoft Account. I have rebooted after unlink this pc but I still cannot remove my old phone.