OS X Yosemite :: How To Delete User

Dec 9, 2014

I accidentally added this user when I first setup the laptop, I tried so many ways and still couldn't delete it. delete it.

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MacBook Pro with Retina display

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OS X Mavericks :: Delete Second User That Migration Assistant Has Made Into Primary User?

Jun 28, 2014

Just got a new MacBook Pro, wanted to transfer my data from the old (2010) MBP. I've done this dozens of times before, but always manually, via Finder copies from external hard disks, etc. This time I decided to try the Official Method, using Migration Assistant. After numerous tries, I couldn't get Migration Assistant to work between the two MacBook Pros (both running 10.9.3), even with Apple's assistance. So I decided to try it with a MacBook running 10.6.8. It worked (though poorly; Migration Assistance needs some serious repair), which was useful (now I know that Migration Assistant works, and it's not a problem with the cabling I was using, but something in the old MBP).  But now I have two user accounts on my new MacBook Pro, which I don't want, plus the added account has now been made the primary account, with (some) data from the previously primary account moved to it. 

So I want to delete the new, added, now primary user and return the MBP to its former, pristine state. So I have to go through all the data (fortunately there isn't much; both the new MBP and the MacBook were only recently set up) that's been moved from the original account to the added account, move it back to the original account, then delete the added account (if I can). This was somewhat complicated by the fact that the ~/Library folder is now invisible by default, but I figured that out. However, what I'm wondering now is, when the second, added account was made the primary account, did it assume all attributes of the former primary account, including its number? I know that user accounts in Mac OS have numbers, like 501, 502, etc.

How can I see the numbers of these two accounts? And if the added account is now number 501, when I delete it, how I can I restore the number 501 to the original account? Or perhaps I should just return the new MBP to its factory state, and start over? But I can't, since it didn't come with any Install DVDs (nor indeed, with an optical drive). (I've been out of touch with the Mac world for several years due to illness, am only now learning about the changes since 10.6, which I'd been using until less than a week ago.) I can wipe the MacBook Pro and reinstall 10.9.3, but that might lose some information specific to this computer that came with it. 

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MacBook Pro :: Delete Other User In User And Groups Accounts?

Mar 24, 2012

i wanna know how to delete other users in users and group accounts ? i want to delete guest account optioin into that..

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Delete An App As Guest User/no User?

Mar 17, 2012

I purchased App for MacBook. It is alternative to lock screen. 

I set password etc followed instructions (no need of lecture me) and it has locked me out of my MacBook and the password I set up does not work... 

Im just wondering if there is a way to delete this App without having to log in as the only other account on my MacBook is Guest. I can't use my Mac at all with this app as it will not allow me to enter my account

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OS X :: If I Delete A New User Login - Will It Delete Data On Admin?

Jun 26, 2009

I was running my iMac just in admin, which I know is frowned upon but that's the way I had it. I had a corrupt preferences file and I couldn't save any of my passwords etc Finally created a new user and reinstalled everything and it works fine. Had to replace all my passwords for my apps etc but other than that not that big a deal.

Question is can I now delete the other user now that I have a new admin login?:

It is just taking up storage space with a user which is corrupted but I don't want to erase the data in that user and also delete all my data in the new user as well.

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MacBook Pro :: If I Delete A User Account Does That Delete His Library?

Jul 12, 2009

I never use "User Accounts" on my MacBook. So I don't know much about them.

If I delete one User Account, will it delete that user's libraries, such as their music, movies, documents, etc?

Also, will it delete the programs that were installed under that user's account, but are accessible by all users?

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Mac Pro :: Delete User Group That Computer Will Not Delete?

Jun 8, 2012

I tried to remove a user group from my desktop following the procedures given. I could remove all but one user.

This is the one I want to remove. How can I do this? I have 4 user groups. Why?, when ever I had trouble and called AppleCare they had me install a new user group, which I never removed.

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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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OS X Yosemite :: When Log Onto Macbook / User Account Isn't Showing Up

Dec 1, 2014

There was one time where my wi-fi wasn't connecting so I tried to turn it back on. A window popped up but I had alrdy clicked enter before I read it, but it said something like "...will change settings, is that okay...?" And then wi-fi still would not connect. So I tried restarting my computer, but when it turned on, my user account did not show up and all there was on the screen was two boxes that asked for name and password. I was the only person using my macbook so I never set up a password for it.

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MacBook Pro with Retina display

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OS X Yosemite :: Restore User Account From Separate Partition

Nov 30, 2014

I am running OS X Yosemite 10.10.1. I have two drives on my MacBook Pro 17-inch, mid 2010. One is 500 GB and one is 80 GB. The system was installed on the 80GB drive and my home folder was on the 500GB drive. Having the "Home" folder on a separate partition was causing all kinds of permission problems. So, I did a clean install of Yosemite and want to put everything on the 500GB drive.  

When I go to restore from Time Machine, it tells me it can't restore the "Home" account because it is on a separate drive. Then, of course, I can't login to that account on the restored system – I get an error "can't log in to that account due to an error."  

How do I restore and associate the backed up "Home" folder to the new "Home" account on the restored drive? The names of the users are exactly the same on the backup as on the "Home" account on the restored drive. 

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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

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OS X Yosemite :: Fast User Switching Cause System Hang

Nov 30, 2014

After upgrading to Yosemite, I had very serious problems with fast user switching. I do software development using my BackBook Pro, I need to switch between different accounts for testing/debugging purposes. 

As long as I use fast switching, I will eventually have a system hang when logging out, login or shutting down. I either got blank screens, or dead login screen. In the end, I had to press the power button for 3 seconds to do a brute cold power off. 

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MacBook Pro

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OS X Yosemite :: Why Is Mouse Settings Defaulting After Switch User

Dec 6, 2014

change mouse settings from default for user Aswitch to user Bswitch back to user A changes to mouse settings have been wiped and the default mouse settings restored..I've tried various things with user A like logging off entirely, rebooting, even making other changes in the settings that require an admin password in the hope that this might force some sort of admin override

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OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 27" quad

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OS X Yosemite :: Can't Select User For File Sharing With Windows

Dec 4, 2014

I'm trying to share my MBPr over my LAN with my windows 8 desktop. When i go to the file sharing options, under "Windows File Sharing" section, the user account i want to share (my main account) is greyed out, so I can not select it. The other user account is selectable though. 

Any reason why I can't select my main account??

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MacBook Pro with Retina display, Mac OS X (10.1.x)

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OS X :: Delete Second User On IMAC?

Nov 11, 2010

I had set up a second user which is really me where I had Firefox and some minor stuff. I don't really need to keep it and want to delete it.

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MacBook Air :: How To Delete A User

Sep 6, 2014

I want to completely delete a user from my MacBook Air?

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MacBook :: How To Delete A User Accounts

Dec 11, 2009

I have a MacBook that has my niece's and cousin's user accounts and I am trying to delete it. I am the Admin on the laptop and I know how to delete a user account, but when I go to System Preferences > (There is no "Account" icon to click on)...does anyone know another way to access the Account window so I can delete their accounts?

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Software :: Can't Delete User Account?

Sep 15, 2004

i'm having troubles deleting a test-account a set up a while ago. i can't seem to get rid of it, although i've tried to delete it several times on system prefs. i get the message saying alt the content in this user 'home'-filder will be lost, and moved to deleted users-folder.. i press ok, wait a couple of minutes and it seems like it is removing the user. but when the message disappears the user it still there. i've tried restart, and the user is still active..

whats wrong, or what am i doing wrong? the user's got admin rights by the way..

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Mac Pro :: Delete A User Account Completely?

Jan 31, 2012

I want to delete a user account and it is asking me to choose what to do with a home folder. I just wish to delete the user account completely

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Intel Mac :: How To Delete User Photo

Apr 22, 2012

I just got a new iMac and set up a user photo. I need to delete that photo.

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iMac

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ITunes :: Delete An Email Or User?

Jun 29, 2012

I need to delete an email or user from itunes

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OS X Mavericks :: How To Delete A User Account From Mac

Aug 23, 2014

I would like to delete a user account from my macbook; will it affect my other accounts if I just delete it?

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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)

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OS X :: How To Delete Acrobat User Data File

Sep 7, 2009

I'm cleaning up my external HD (not my startup disk), and want to remove some old backed up stuff. I have a particular stubborn folder 'Acrobat User Data' that i cannot get into the trash.

I get an error stating: 'The operation cannot be completed because the item "8.0_x86" is in use.

Anyone knows how to force delete this sort of stuff in OSX 10.5.8?

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Software :: Unable To Delete User Account?

Oct 17, 2010

I am having trouble deleting a user account from my iMac G5 PowerPC running OS 10.5. I have made a series of mistakes which now prevents me from being able to delete this account.

First, I tried to change the name (full name as well as short name and user folder path). Secondly, I deleted the user folder manually.

So, basically all files and folders associated with this account are gone, but the user name still shows up in the system pref window, but with the "-" button greyed out.

The account I want to delete is the one which was made when I installed the OS in the first place. I have a feeling this might be problematic.

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Intel Mac :: Unable To Delete User Account From It

Mar 24, 2012

It was the first operating user account before I setup my iCloud. Once I migrated my data from the other computer and setup my iCloud, I realized that I am stuck with 2 user accounts. I am only actively using the one that I migrated over and setup the iCloud with, the other account, although the other one was the first operating account, it is absolutely no use to me now. I tried many times to delete it from system pref and it keeps on coming back! I suspect it has something to do multiple mobile devices.

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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MacBook Pro :: Should I Delete User Account After Migration

Apr 2, 2012

I migrated my old MacBook to my new MacBook Pro without changing the user accounts so now I have a user account on the MBP that I only used for a few days.  I'm trying to determine whether or not I need to keep that new user account.  I didnt put anything on it of substance (set a few bookmarks in Safari and downloaded a couple of free apps). I've read a few things online about issues people have after trying to delete user accounts.

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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011)

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Mac Pro :: Delete User Account To Regain The Space On HD?

Apr 8, 2012

How do I delete a user account I am not using to regain the space on the HD?

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

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MacBook Pro :: Delete All Files From An Old User Account On It?

Apr 22, 2012

I've already deleted the user and clicked "Delete Immediately" to remove the user account and all the user's files, but a lot of their files and applications still show up in my Finder (and take up tons of storage space). Is there a way to permanently delete all of the old stuff?

Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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Intel Mac :: Can't Find User Account When Trying To Delete

May 6, 2012

I'm using an iMac computer. 

And the problem I'm having is the following: 

I'm trying to delete an user account from my computer following the steps from apple. 

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So at step 3 they say I have to click on the user account I want to delete. But I cannot see the user account in the list.  

It is the only account with an password, but that person doesn't know the password even with the clues for it. Besides that I currently don't have the option to contact him. 

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iMac

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MacBook Pro :: Failed Delete User Account?

Jun 16, 2012

I botched up my deletion of a user account and now i have a 100gig in files attaching to a user that i cant see... how do i clear this data out? 

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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OS X Mavericks :: How To Delete A User From Login Window

Aug 25, 2014

I simply want to delete an user from the login window.  I thought I could simply select the user and tap the minus  sign to delete, but that did not work. 

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iPad, iOS 4.3.1

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ICloud On Mac :: How To Delete A Guest User Account

Jul 1, 2014

My daughter in law logged onto her iCloud acct on my MAC.  How do I remove her account? I have gone to System Preferences - iCloud - and tried to sign her out. It will not let me..    It said "Mail was unable to delete (her mail) Relaunch mail and then sign out of iCloud again"

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