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How to Delete User Accounts On Mac

By: Waseem Patwegar

You may have multiple User Accounts on Mac that you are not exactly using or want to remove a User Account for other reasons. Whatever maybe the case, it is easy to delete User Accounts on Mac and you will find below the steps to do so.

Delete User Accounts On Mac

Before proceeding with the steps to remove a User Account, you need to be aware that the process is irreversible and cannot be undone.

Delete User Accounts On Mac

Follow the steps below to delete User accounts on your Mac.

1. First click on the Apple icon and from the drop-down, click on System Preferences… option.

System Preferences Tab and Apple Menu Icon

2. On the next screen, click on Users & Groups icon (See image below)

Users and Group Tab on Mac

3. Next, click on the Lock icon located at the lower left corner of your screen (See image below).

Lock Icon in Users and Group Settings on Mac

4. On the popup window, enter your Admin User Name, Password and click on Unlock.

Login to Admin Account Pop Up on Mac

5. On the next screen, first click on the User Account that you want to delete from Mac and then click on the “-“ minus button (See image below).

Delete User Account From Mac

6. On the next screen, you will see the following three options.

  1. Delete User Account and save the home folder in a disk image
  2. Delete User Account and keep the user home folder in /Users directory
  3. Delete User Account and delete the home folder.

Delete User Account on Mac Options

Check the option that is most applicable to your case and click on Delete User to delete the selected User Account from your Mac

As you can see in the image above, in case you choose the first option to Delete User Account, but save the Home Folder in a disk image, the disk image will be saved in /Users Folder.

Choosing the second option (Don’t Change the Home Folder) will result in the Users Home Folder being left as is and it will be available in /Users/Folder location.

The last option will Delete the User Account and the Users Home Folder, all the files and apps located in that Users Home directory will be deleted.

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