Deleting user account and os

The migration from another MBP ot a new MPB required a new account name, etc. failed but left an additional account and OS (using over 100GB) of disk space -- how can I safely delete the "new provisional" user/os?

Hi there,
You may find the articel below helpful.
OS X Mountain Lion: Delete a user
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10754
-Griff W.

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I'm a parent volunteer helping to admin a mac lab at my son's K-5 public school. The lab is running o/s 10.5 server on a mini with about 30 imacs as clients.
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when I delete a user in workgroup admin
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Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files.
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Larry63
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Message was edited by: spiralgirl

elmac,
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My old user account is called Pink Tuley and I thought there would be mass confusion if I named the new user account the same name so I chose Tuley for this one. Once I'm all migrated do I just go into the user accounts on my new iMac and delete Pink Tuley?
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