How can i delete admin accounts
how can i delete admin accounts on imac running lion
Apple says that admin accounts should be only used for tasks that require them, and not for any other reason. Apple even goes so far as to say to never browse the web or check email while logged in to an admin account.
The reason is for security. When logged in to an admin account, everything you do, every program and process you run, runs with elevated admin privileges. Running with higher privileges than is necessary can be a security risk. There is no reason for your web browser, for example, to be running all the time with admin rights.
If you're currently running as admin it's easy to switch. Make a new admin account, and change your previous account from admin to standard. You can then continue using your old account as you always have.
You'll find that you rarely if ever need to actually log in to the admin account. Nearly all admin and even root tasks, like installing software, can be done from any non-admin account, by entering the admin username/password when prompted.
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I have an icloud account that i am trying to delete or change the email on it and i lost the password. How can i delete the account if i lost the password?
You can't and shouldn't. This is what you should do:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2204
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1920?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5621
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5312 -
How can I delete facebook account in settings when I don't have password and can't reset it as not receiving reset email from facebook pressing delete without password does nothing.
Go to https//appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID. Tap edit next to the primary email account, tap Edit, change it back to your old email address and save the change. Then edit the name of the account to change it back to your old email address (you shouldn't need to verify the old account). You can now use your current password to turn off Find My iPhone on your device, even though it prompts you for the password for your old account ID. Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account and choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (your iCloud data will still be in iCloud). Next, go back to https//appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address and iCloud ID name back to the way it was. Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign in with your current iCloud ID and password.
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Can't delete admin account even as Root
We're experimenting with integrating our Mac users into Active Directory. I've read that you should delete the user account in Sys Prefs first and leave the home folder.
The problem we're having is that I can't delete the users account in system prefs even if I log in as the root user. I get a generic error after about 10 minutes of looking like it is working that says the account could not be deleted.
My guess is it has something to do with the fact that I had already logged into the same acount with an Active Directory login and the permissions have been changed on certain files and now it can't complete archiving the home folder because of some rights issue.
I have unbound the computer from the AD forest and ran disk permissions to no avail. I'd like to keep the existing home folder to use with the network login if possible so I haven't tried the quick delete option.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
-T
MacBook Pro 2Ghz, iMac, XServe, G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)You can't delete an account if it is logged in, or if it is the only admin account on the system. So make sure that there is at least one other admin account, and that the account you want to delete os logged out.
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HT5312 how can i delete my account?
i want to start a fresh one so how can i delete it.??
Hi Sahian,
You cannot delete an account unfortunately:
http://store.apple.com/uk/help/your_account#deleteappleid -
How can I delete my icloud and all my stuff off another phone that I don't have access to?
actually you can change password on that account by resetting password at that site
iforgot.apple.com. After that he will not have access to your data anymore.
you also can wipe his phone, but I don't know if you want him coming after you for that.
If email that you use for apple id is accesible by him you can also change your apple id at the site
appleid.apple.com - just login and edit apple id to new email that he would not know.
Once again, you can do bad stuff to him, but usually it is better to leave that to the police. -
How can I deleted my iPod account or my cridet card info?
Hi Sarah,
Please elaborate your issue. What exactly are you trying to achieve?
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How can i delete itunes account
how can i delete itunes account
See Here > https://discussions.apple.com/message/18254734#18254734
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How can I delete an account, BUT only after having saved data
I need to delete my account from the iPhone BUT not before having saved the current data. How?
My Calendar, Contacts, Bookmarks sync is not working. As a solution, I was told to delete account from the iPhone, reset the iPhone, create my MobileMe account again on the iPhone and select Calendar, Contacts and Bookmarks to be synced using MobileMe.
Fine, but I get a warning that all the information that I currently have in Calendar, Contacts and Bookmarks on my iPhone will be lost!!!
That would be a problem, as I have entered a great number of new contacts on the iPhone, and I really don't want to lose them. Is there no way to MERGE without losing what's on the iPhone? Or can I save the Contacts and Calendar data somehow before I delete the account of the iPhone, so I can import them back later in a new account?
In a nutshell: I need to delete my account from the iPhone BUT not before having saved the current data. How?If the sync process is not working between your iPhone and the MobileMe "cloud", is it working properly between the Address Book and iCal on your Mac with the MobileMe "cloud"?
With a MM account, you can sync contacts and calendar events over the air, or direct with the supported applications on your compute via the iTunes sync process. You can do one or the other, not both at the same time. In order to sync direct with the supported applications on your computer via the iTunes sync process, you must turn Contacts and Calendars off for over the air syncing on your iPhone, which will remove all contacts and calendar events from your iPhone.
I'm afraid you will need to manually enter the new contacts with the Address Book, the new calendar events with iCal on your Mac.
There is an outside chance. Contacts and calendar events are included with your iPhone's backup. You can sync with iTunes to update your iPhone's backup before deleting your MM account on your iPhone - I suggest turning Contacts and Calendars off on your iPhone before deleting the account.
Follow deleting your MM account from your iPhone by restoring your iPhone with iTunes from your iPhone's backup. This should restore the contact and calendar events on your iPhone from your iPhone's backup. Follow this by syncing with the Address Book and iCal on your Mac.
There is a chance this won't work and if not, all contacts and calendar events on your iPhone will be lost in the process.
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How can delete my account balance of 1.02$ (from gift card) since I want to purchase new apps/items with my credit card. I can't use it anymore since I no longer have the code(lost it) and when I use my credit card, it always mention that I need to redeem the 1.02$ first before I can change to another form of payment
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because i can not use the Canadian card to redeem in my account from USA. should i delete an account and create the new one that should valid in Canada by using the same email address? or what should i do? (i really want to use my recent email)
Hi Kazmania89,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
If you require additional assistance with this, click on the link below for guidance:
Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699
Once you are able to gain access to the old Apple ID, this article may be helpful:
Using your Apple ID for Apple services
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895
I have purchased music, apps, or books with multiple Apple IDs. How can I get all of this content onto my iOS device?
First, you need to copy all of your purchased content so it is on the same Mac or PC with iTunes. This computer should be the one you sync your device with. For more information on how to move your content, see these articles:
Mac: iTunes for Mac: How to copy purchases between computers
PC: iTunes for Windows: How to copy purchases between computers
Next, authorize your computer to play content with each Apple ID in iTunes. Once your computer is authorized for all your content, it can be synced to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Cheers,
- Judy -
How can I delete user account picture in Windows 8?
I have set my account picture, but now want to delete the pic and back to the default.
How can I do it?Hello,
The userpic, the image tiles used for your account picture, is located, in different resolutions, in the following folder: C:\Users\Public\AccountPictures\%UserAccountSecurityIdentifier%
where %UserAccountSecurityIdentifier% is a placeholder for the Security IDentifier (SID) assigned by the operating system or domain controller to your user account.
Here is how it looks like:
NOTE: If your are using multiple account for login to your computer, like local Security Account Manager (SAM) account (standard account created and stored on your local PC in NTFS), your Microsoft Account (the one using internet account name provided
by Microsoft such as [email protected],
[email protected]), or an Active Directory account, please open root C:\Users\Public\AccountPictures\ folder and browse to the folder with the name of the SID assigned to your user account for which you want to change the user picture.
To find out what SID refers to what user account name used on your PC, proceed with the following:
Start the elevated command prompt by pressing WindowsKey+Q and typing
cmd, then hitting Enter.
At the command prompt type: wmic useraccount get name,sid and press
Enter.
This will return a table with all user accounts registered on this computer (that is those who had once logged onto this PC) and their corresponding SIDs.
Now lookup this registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AccountPicture\Users
And locate the subkey (named correspondingly to the desired SID), then remove REG_SZ values that contain paths to the userpic images to remove traces of userpics.
WARNING: Please create new system restore point before making this registry change!
Hope this helps.
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I created a new account with my secoundary email adress (this account). Now when you search you find my 2 accounts. I would like to delet this account or perhaps merge it with my other account. How do I do that?
Unfortunately, you cannot delete Skype account.
Can I delete my Skype account?
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HT204266 How can I delete my account permanently?
I want to permanently delete my icloud account, because every time I tried to download apps onto my iPad, a message kept popping up and every time I verify my payment information, like I'm asked to do, it keeps saying that it was declined and it's not....please help!
The best option to go with is to contact the iTunes team via express lane and discuss your issue with them, as their may be some sort of billing block on your appleID, or the credit card has been banned, or any possible other reasons. The best thing to do is to try to resolve the issue
If you're really, truly, completely, irreversibly insistent on deleting your account, you can go to http://apple.com/privacy/contact, click on "privacy issues" and put through a request to have your account deleted. If approved, this will completely and irreversibly delete your appleID, iCloud data, purchase history, etc -
How can I delete my account from messenger?
I'm running Mavericks 10.9.4 on my work laptop and would like to delete my account from messenger so I can log in at home. The minus sign is greyed out when I try to delete it. I've signed out, but still shows the account is there. Thanks for any advice!
Hi,
You cannot delete the Bonjour or iMessages in the Messages app.
You were never able to delete the Bonjour account in the earlier versions of iChat that preceded Messages.
Obviously your account is still active (Enabled) in the pic.
The Sign Out just "remembers" the last Apple ID used and waits for your Password - you can change the apple ID at this point.
To fully remove the details from the pane do the following:-
With the Messages app closed down (and Signed Out) use a Finder window use the Go Menu > Go to folder
Enter ~/Library/Preferences in the dialogue box that appears
Find the com.apple.ids.service.com.apple.madrid.plist file and Drag it to the Trash (Delete it)
You may wish to also delete com.apple.imagent.plist as this holds some Account Info (It "listens" for "calls" when the computer is ON but the app is not)
Also the Keychain will hold the Password for the Apple ID And the iMessages IDS item which you might also want to remove.
However the madrid item is enough to clear the pane in the Preferences.
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