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deluser

Delete a user from the system. More information: https://manned.org/deluser.

  • Remove a user:

sudo deluser username

  • Remove a user and their home directory:

sudo deluser --remove-home username

  • Remove a user and their home, but backup their files into a .tar.gz file in the specified directory:

sudo deluser --backup-to path/to/backup_directory --remove-home username

  • Remove a user, and all files owned by them:

sudo deluser --remove-all-files username

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