"Other-" appearing on login screen

Hi
I've got a MacBook Pro mid 2012 running OS X 10.8.5. I was running some commands about the root user on Terminal and suddenly I changed the password of the root user using these commands:
sudo su
Password:*******
passwd
& now I see another thing on the login screen named "Other..." which is the root user(Admin) . And its password is the password that I changed using Terminal.(It is the login part for the root user)
I want to get rid of that, is it possible?
I just wanted to remove it using system preferences but it doesn't appear on that part(Users & groups)!
I think it would be possible to delete it using the Terminal.

Disable Root User if enabled.
"How to disable the root user"
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204012

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