What does deleting a user account do?

What does deleting a user account actually do? If the account that is being deleted is the one from which many programs have been installed, does deleting the account delete the software too?

It instantly deletes everything to do with that account.
But programs can be installed for all users or just one user.
There is an Applications folder at root, then possibly another one for each user, if the Apps aren't at root, then they'll be gone deleting the user that installed them for only that user.

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Does Deleting a user account remove them from a Distribution Group?

yes

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If I delete an active user from office 365, would this remove them also from the distribution group?
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Trying to delete two user accounts on my mac book air, it has been deleting them for two days and I am un able to turn my computer off, what should i do?

How do I go about either stopping a delteing user account that is in action, or How do I reboot my computer? I am stuck not sure what to do! I am in the process of deleting two user accounts but I am stuck and can't turn my computer off reboot, or reverse it. Anyone have any ideas for me?

Press and hold the power button for a few seconds until the power shuts off, then release, wait a few more seconds, and press it again briefly to restart.

When i go to about this mac and look at my storage it says that i have 33GB of music. i recently deleted 2 user accounts but can't find any of these files. Where do i go to delete these files?

when i go to about this mac and look at my storage it says that i have 33GB of music. i recently deleted 2 user accounts but can't find any of these files. Where do i go to delete these files?

What are you asking? Where music is stored or where the user accounts were stored?
Music should be in the music folder - perhaps inside of an iTunes folder.
User accounts should be on the home directory.

Can't delete old user accounts from iBook (G3 - Darwin 6.8)

Hello,
I'm having a pain of a time trying to remove the old user accounts on this iBook I was given. The accounts page in the system settings is unlocked, I click on an accountm, the click on Delete User, it works for a while, and then when it is finished 'deleting' the user account is still there, nothing has been deleted. I've try a dozen times now. I'm stumped. Can't find anything on the internet that will help.
Thanks,
David.

So far, I've not had this kind of issue; but did find a few directions to check to see how to go about removing user accounts... or renaming them, etc. One of the recent discussions I've read through (three pages) had some ideas that could work.
Outside of booting the OS X computer into a super-user account where you can delete Admin users, etc and probably if not familiar with unix, do some incredible damages too; I'd try other exercises first as I am timid. What version of OS X is running in your vintage computer?
In the process of 'Change Name on Home Folder' some revealing ideas came across; some may transfer...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3366855?tstart=0
And some ideas that could be used to another end, may be found here...
http://www.cultofmac.com/126621/how-to-move-or-rename-your-mac-home-folder-macrx /
How to delete user accounts...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/3836878#3836878
However, there are no warrantees expressed or implied. Always a fine idea to read and sort information since some of the ideas available only allow you do perform the practice once correctly. Or wish you had.
Good luck & happy computing!

How long should it reasonably take to delete a User Account?

Just got a new 27" iMac. I made the mistake of setting myself up as a user prior to migrating from my olde Mac G5 (Tiger). When I did migrate, I realized it set up a new user with the migrated info. Went ahead and kept that user and deleted the one I had created. Problem is it has been "deleting" my user account for close to 6 hours. Is this reasonable, or do I have a problem going on? User screen in System Preferences just keeps saying deleting user. Won't let me quit System Preferences or Restart.
Thanks.

I decided to let it run overnight. Checked it this morning and it was complete. Go figure...
Not sure what the process of deleting a user account involves, but it sure took a long time, something more than 7 hours. I definitely don't want to have to do that again!
Thanks for the response, I was going to go that route if it wasn't complete this morning.

Deleting a user account question

Hi everyone, can anyone tell me the best way to delete a user account on my computer? Basically I no longer need two accounts and the music, movies and other information from the other side have been transferred to another computer. What I need to know if should I delete all the files from the user account before deleting the account or will deleting the account automatically delete all those files?
My main concern is freeing up space on the computer again and want to be sure the way I do it will do the job. Thanks for any help.
-Brian

What I need to know if should I delete all the files from the user account before
deleting the account
You don't need to do anything beforehand. After following Macjack's instructions you will be presented with this option screen, and can choose accordingly:

How do I delete a user account to regain the space on my HD?

How do I delete a user account I am not using to regain the space on the HD?

System Preferences - Accounts - choose account in the left panel and click the "-" button to delete. You'll want to choose "Delete immediately" to save the space (the "Save in disk image" option will keep the files in an image in your Users folder, which saves you no space).
Matt

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kmamula,
are you logged in as your administrative user? Is the padlock in the lower-left corner unlocked?

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i need to delete my user account

If you mean your iTunes account then you can't currently delete them, all you can do is remove any personal info from it and stop using it - but any content that you downloaded or bought with it will remain tied to it, so if you ever want to re-download it or authorise it on a new computer then you will need to remember its id and password

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What does deleting music off iPhone do?

Let me start off by saying that I do NOT use iTunes Match on my iPhone, I sync all my music directly to the device. What does deleting the music do off of the iPhone? Does it also delete it off the computer? Does it only delete it off the computer if the music is "consolidated" in the iTunes Media folder? Does it prevent it from syncing on the phone again but does not delete it from machine?
Thank you

Deleting music from your iPhone DOES NOT delete the music from your computer. It will automatically not sync the music to your iPhone again unless you specifically say so on the machine.

I am trying to delete a user account but attempt locks up system prefs

I have been trying to delete a user account in 10.9.1 (Mavericks) on a 2009 Mac Pro. The problem is that System Prefs never completes the "archive account" and when check which processes are using up CPU time I find that writeprefs is pegged at 100% and has stayed at that level for seven hours plus. Of course the account is never removed and the only way of restarting the machine is to force quit system prefs after which the reboot works. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Do you really need to archive the user folder?
linc, that would be desirable but not absolutely essential. And, thank you for your swift response!

Does my Domain user account get cached so I can Logon of the network?

Does my Domain user account get cached so I can Logon of the network?
Thanks your help.
Lou

In windows or in os x? In windows if it's a windows network for domain profile is usually auto-cached. In OS X this has to be enabled in directory utility as part of your Active Directory settings, otherwise it won't allow logon off network.

What does 'delete account' in icloud mean?

I want to remove my apple id/icloud info from my daughter's itouch so she does not receive my backed up info, etc. What will happen if I choose 'delete account' under icloud on her itouch? Will I lose any info on her device? She also has an iphone and so do I. I just don't want to lose any apps, contacts, pictures, video's etc., on any of our devices. Can someone help, thanks.

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