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    How to delete EVERYTHING from a user account?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by passive101, Jan 29, 2008.

  1. passive101

    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    My user account is messed up. I want to erase EVERYTHING from it so it takes up no hard drive space.

    I made another user account and that one works fine. No idea what is wrong with this one.
     
    passive101, Jan 29, 2008
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    Modly Warranty Voider

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    You may want to read my last post in your other thread... you'll want to figure out what caused your problem so it won't happen again... however you'll probably figure out something conflicts if it does it again.

    With that aside, log in as an administrator, go to the System Preferences > Accounts panel.

    Click the lock in the lower left corner to edit it. Select the user name to trash, and click the "-" (minus) button above the lock.

    It should ask if you want to erase everything etc.

    Make sure you've gotten everything you need out of your user folder.
     
    Modly, Jan 29, 2008
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  3. Lee Howley

    Lee Howley Notebook Consultant

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    Go to system prefs then to accounts it should let you delete the acount from there the data(pics and music) may be backed up somewhere but you delete afterwards. I am using leopard, for me i just select the account and then press the minus sign at the bottom, tiger may be different i cant remember.
     
    Lee Howley, Jan 29, 2008
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  4. passive101

    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    Ok I deleted the account and created another one which is working fine.

    I'm glad I took the advice here and created 2 accounts :) Best advice I ever took from a computer forum. That saved me LOTS of trouble.
     
    passive101, Jan 30, 2008
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