Need to remove a user account

After two attempts I was able to successfully migrate from my MBP to my new Mac Mini. It appears, however, that the first attempt created one user account but didn't bring everything over, and the second attempt created another user account that did migrate successfully. How do I remove the user account I don't want?

How do I remove the user account I don't want?
System Preferences --> Accounts --> Select the account click the - button

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1. First, boot from your Tiger DVD, select your language and click on the Continue button, then select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu, select your boot hard drive, go to the First Aid tab, and click the button for Repair Disk. Repeat this until no trouble is found. Then click on the Repair Permissions button. Then quit DU, return to the installer and shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes.
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And thanks to you, HW.
I see you got one quick answer. But you need more.
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You may not, and I may not, but lots of people do, so please respect their needs.
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Yes its right that we should not delete user. Actually there is no logic in deleting it. It may have performed a several work.. then how will we track it. ... YES we can rename it. or make it ineffective (no more available)...
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