How to Remove User from Mac
Want to stop sharing your mac with another user and looking for a way to how to delete a user on the mac which won’t need from the User pane of Users and Groups system preferences, or wants to remove a guest account, then here’s the guide to how to remove a user from mac step by step and in an easy way.
In mac administrator privileges are required for installing any software, to do any system change or to add any user or guest
Step 1
First, check that you are signed in as an administrator so that you can make changes in your mac, now click “Apple” then Select “System Preferences ”.
Step 2
After “System Preferences ” opened then click on “Users and Groups”
Step 3
In the “Users and Groups” window, click on the padlock i.e bottom left corner of your window and ton the popup window enter your user id and password to authenticate as an administrator to make any permanent changes then click on “Unlock”
Step 4
Select the name of the User account or Guest account from the list which you want to remove from mac then click on – ( minus sign) just below the login options in the bottom left corner of the window
Under the User and Groups window you will be able to see the current user that is signin now and a list of users and guest whom are sharing the mac along with you in the left corner of the window.
You can not delete the account from which you are signin
Step 5
You would be then prompted to choose an option from the given 3 option in the users and groups window i.e “Save the home folder in a disk image ”, “Don’t change the home folder ”, “ Delete the home folder”
- Save the home folder in disk Image: By selecting Save the home folder in a disk image will archives all the documents and information of the selected user so that it can restored in future if needed. The disk Image will be save under /Users/Deleted Users/
- Don’t change the home folder: By selecting Don’t change the home folder all the documents and information of the selected user will be saved under the selected user name in Users folder, it may came in needy if in future it will be required to restore the user profile as it is. The home folder will be saved under /Users/
- Delete the home folder: By selecting Delete the home folder all the documents and information of the selected user will be deleted and the storage space will be freed.
So select the option which you prefer among the given 3 options then click on “Delete User ”.
Well that’s it your selected user had been deleted from the mac officially now.
Extra Tip: To check the printer’s supply levels
here’s a quick tip for you guys out there on how to check your printer’s supply level in your mac it will save your time otherwise you would need to physically walk to your system to check it’s ink level.
So to check you Printer’s supply level on your mac, click on “Apple Menu ” then select “ System Preferences”
In “ System Preferences” select “Printers & Scanners ”
Select a printer from the left-hand printers list then click on “ Options & Supplies”
In the next window select “ Supply levels” which will show you the approx ink amount remaining (for this feature to work you need to turn on your printer).
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