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userdel — Remove a user account or remove a user from a group. See also: `users`, `useradd`, `usermod`. More i

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Problem

How to use the userdel command: Remove a user account or remove a user from a group. See also: users, useradd, usermod. More information: <https://manned.org/userdel>.

Solution

userdel — Remove a user account or remove a user from a group. See also: users, useradd, usermod. More information: <https://manned.org/userdel>.

Remove a user:
sudo userdel {{username}}


Remove a user in other root directory:
sudo userdel {{[-R|--root]}} {{path/to/other_root}} {{username}}


Remove a user along with the home directory and mail spool:
sudo userdel {{[-r|--remove]}} {{username}}

Code Snippets

Remove a user

sudo userdel {{username}}

Remove a user in other root directory

sudo userdel {{[-R|--root]}} {{path/to/other_root}} {{username}}

Remove a user along with the home directory and mail spool

sudo userdel {{[-r|--remove]}} {{username}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/userdel

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