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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic" style="task"
id="user-delete">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="user-accounts#manage"/>
<desc>How to delete a user or group.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="3.0" version="0.1" date="201-1-19" status="candidate"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
<email>tiffany@antopolski.com</email>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<title>Delete a user or group</title>
<section id="delete-user">
<title>Delete a user</title>
<p>To delete a user account from your computer:</p>
<steps>
<item><p>
When in the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, <gui>Type to search</gui> <input>users and groups</input>. This will open the <app>Users Administration Tool</app>.
</p></item>
<item><p>
Select the user you wish to delete from the list on the left.
</p></item>
<item><p>
Click <gui>Delete</gui>. You will be prompted for your password. Enter it and click <gui>Authenticate</gui>.
</p></item>
<item><p>
You will be asked if you wish to remove the user's home folder. Select on of the following 3 options:
</p>
<terms>
<item><title>Keep Files</title><p>
The home directory of the user will not be deleted.
</p></item>
<item><title>Don't Remove Account</title><p>
Cancels the removal request.
</p></item>
<item><title>Delete Files</title><p>
Files owned by user can be completely removed if you don't need them anymore.
</p>
<note style="tip">
<p>
You may want to back them up before deleting the account, or keep them so that an administrator can save them later.
</p>
</note>
</item>
</terms>
</item>
</steps>
</section>
<section id="delete-group">
<title>Delete a group</title>
<p>To delete a group from your computer:</p>
<steps>
<item><p>
When in the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, <gui>Type to search</gui> <input>users and groups</input>. This will open the <app>Users Administration Tool</app>.
</p></item>
<item><p>Click <gui>Manage Groups</gui>.
</p></item>
<item><p>Scroll through the list to select the group you wish to remove.
</p></item>
<item><p>Click <gui>Delete</gui>.
</p>
</item>
<item><p>You will be prompted to authenticate using a password.
</p><note style="warning">
<p>Deleting a group may leave files with an unassigned group ID in the filesystem. In the event that this does happen, files belonging the removed group will not have a group name but a group ID number instead. Generally this will not cause you any problems.
</p>
</note></item>
<item><p>
After the warning, click <gui>Delete</gui>.
</p></item>
</steps>
</section>
</page>
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