Deleted User folder in finder, can I delete it?

Hey guys, so I've recently come across a folder in my favorites column in finder called Deleted Users. What is it exactly? and can I delete it? Using omnidisk sweeper I've found it's been taking up 40+gb of space on my HDD. Thanks for the help!

System Preferences gives you the option to keep an user folder when you remove the user, and that's the folder where it is stored. You can remove it from the sidebar without any problem by holding the Command key and dragging it off the Finder sidebar.
That folder should be in /Users, so go there and delete the folder if you don't need the files stored in it

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