ALTER USER [<username>] WITH LOGIN=[<username>] Is the right approach. Otherwise go to: **Security > Logins > (your username) > Properties > User Mapping** [![enter image description here][1]][1] and remap that user to the database you want. You can use the following query in the context of your database to check for orphans: select dp.name [user_name] ,dp.type_desc [user_type] ,isnull(sp.name,'Orhphaned!') [login_name] ,sp.type_desc [login_type] from sys.database_principals dp left join sys.server_principals sp on (dp.sid = sp.sid) where dp.type in ('S','U','G') and dp.principal_id >4 order by sp.name [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/WF8SU.png