Deleting Users on computer

I was told a safety precaution was to delete my original account through users & groups. So I created a new administrator user and erased my old one. There are currently two users aside from guest user because I accidently created two new ones. I now can't delete one of the two I created. I can't click on the other one when I unlock the padlock to make changes like + or - for users. Am I able to do this where there is just one user?
all the articles and threads I have read say to just click - on the user but I don't have that option. is it locked somewhere?
I am selling computer and don't want to sell with two users.
Thanks

you are more then like logged into that account. Log in to some other Admin account then you can delete the others.

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