I have just gotten a used iMac and I want to delete an account that I do not have the password to

What is the process or steps to delete an account on the iMac that I can't see? I checked in system preferences/accounts and it isn't there but when I go to update my xCode it says I need to update other software on the "other" account.
Sort of stuck here because I need to use xCode but I can't uninstall or update it due to this old account.
I have an admin account that I can log into but I really don't know where to go to update/delete the old account.
Any help would be appreciated.
Paul

If you open Terminal
Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
You can see all the user on your machine, this would lead you in the right direction
copy and paste:
dscl . list /Users | grep -v ^_.*
hit the return key

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