Home Name Help

I unknowingly changed my home name. I used the right click of my mouse. Is there anyway to get back to the original Account and remove the second one. I would like to get back to the original state. I am new to Mac, just less than two months old. Can someone help

Presuming what's happened is that you remaned your home directory and after a restart you have a new home, default, directory. In the case all you need to do is to…
1) Restart
2) Rename your current home directory to another name
3) Rename your original home directory back to what it should be
4) Restart
5) Confirm all is well and then delete the 2nd home directory (assuming there's nothing you want in it - if there is take those files out and then delete it)

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</Disclaimer>
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