How do I delete Other User?

Just got MBAir and screwed up migration.  Somehow I ended up with Admin account plus an additional user account.  I want to delete that additional user and start over, with everything going to Admin account.  I went to Users & Groups and tried to delete using minus sign.  It tells me responds with "Are you sure ..."?  I click OK but it won't delete it.  How do I delete that acount?  BTW, the progams all migrated just fine.

Since this is a brand new MBAir I deleted the HD partition and reinstalled OS: boot with command-R and launch disk utility and then erase Macintosh HD.  Of course, it wouldn't boot (flashing question mark).  So I let it download some sort of boot loader, which allowed me to download OS and start over.  That all worked.  The additional but unwanted user account is gone under the Accounts list.  Interestingly the name of that unwanted user account appears under Finder (if I check the box for it), along with the standard folders for it.  I guess the erase command in disk utility didn't quite erase everything.  And the fact that WiFi access still worked so it could download the boot loader didn't get erased tells me there is some sort of protected area that can't be erased (although after OS downloaded I did have to re-initialize WiFi access).  If I really want to erase the HD completely, can that be done?

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