The game automatically sign the Microsoft Account back in each time the game restarts, even when the player signed out of the Microsoft Account themselves. For my experience, a data wipe to the game or even whole game reinstall is not possible to break the link either. However this issue may be specific to GDK builds.
Steps to reproduce:
With Minecraft open, click Sign in to sign in to Microsoft Account
Once signed in, go to Settings
Click Account
Click Sign out of Microsoft Account
On the pop-up, click Sign out to sign out of Microsoft Account
Restart Minecraft
Expected result: The game should start as a signed out user.
Observed result: The game starts, but automatically signs user back in to Microsoft Account.
Note: Clip “game cannot start as a signed out user.mp4” starts at step 6.
Workaround: Sign out of the Microsoft Account from the Xbox App:
Open Xbox app while connected to the internet
Click the profile icon / gamertag
Click Sign out
Open Minecraft Preview
When the sign-in pop-up appears, press the close window button
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@wreeper Thanks for the workaround, I did that but without rebooting the PC, the game still signs back in, and after rebooting, the previously linked account gets added back.
I did various workarounds before this, which includes:
Method | Result |
Disconnecting the PC from the internet | Results in account to be unlinked in UWP version, but on GDK version, the game “signs” back on its own, even without the internet. |
Wiping the game save (data), including | Save’s wiped, yet still manages to sign-in without clicking “Sign in now”, unlike UWP versions which it would not. |
Reinstall the game without the save data | Save’s wiped, yet still manages to sign-in without clicking “Sign in now”. |
Setting the device account to local account | Already a local account, yet still signs in to Microsoft Account on Minecraft Preview. |
Letting a second device open the game, kicking the first’s connection | When Minecraft Preview is being opened on the first PC after performing the workaround, its DRM asks me to sign back in, blocking the game from opening. |
After tons of workaround, I managed to play the game without signing myself on:
Open Xbox app while connected to the internet
Click the profile icon / gamertag
Click Sign out
Open Minecraft Preview
When the DRM asks you to sign in, press the close window button
Have you tried removing the Microsoft account from here?