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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
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type="topic" style="task"
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<link type="guide" xref="user-accounts#manage"/>
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<desc>Remove users that no longer use your computer.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.8.0" date="2013-03-09" status="candidate"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-11-01" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
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<email>tiffany@antopolski.com</email>
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<email its:translate="no">tiffany@antopolski.com</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<email its:translate="no">gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<email its:translate="no">shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<desc>Remove users that no longer use your computer.</desc>
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<title>Delete a user account</title>
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<p>You can add multiple user accounts to your computer. See
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<link xref="user-add"/> to learn how. If somebody is no longer using
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your computer, you can delete that user's account.</p>
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<item><p>Click your name on the top bar, then click the picture next to your
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name to open the <gui>Users</gui> window.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click <gui>Unlock</gui> in the top right corner and type your
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password to make changes. You must be an administrative user to delete user
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<item><p>Select the user you want to delete and click the
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<gui style="button">-</gui> button.</p></item>
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<item><p>Each user has their own home folder for their files and settings.
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You can choose to keep or delete the user's home folder. Click <gui>Delete
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Files</gui> if you're sure they won't be used anymore and you need to free up
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disk space. These files are permanently deleted. They can't be recovered. You
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may want to back up the files to an external drive or CD before deleting
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<p>You can <link xref="user-add">add multiple user accounts to your
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computer</link>. If somebody is no longer using your computer, you can delete
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that user's account.</p>
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<p>You need <link xref="user-admin-explain">administrator privileges</link>
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to delete user accounts.</p>
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<p>Open the <gui xref="shell-terminology">Activities</gui> overview and
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start typing <gui>Users</gui>.</p>
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<p>Click on <gui>Users</gui> to open the panel.</p>
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<p>Press <gui style="button">Unlock</gui> in the top right corner and
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type in your password when prompted.</p>
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<p>Select the user that you want to delete and press the
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<gui style="button">-</gui> button, below the list of accounts on the
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left, to delete that user account.</p>
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<p>Each user has their own home folder for their files and settings. You
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can choose to keep or delete the user's home folder. Click <gui>Delete
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Files</gui> if you're sure they won't be used anymore and you need to
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free up disk space. These files are permanently deleted. They cannot be
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recovered. You may want to back up the files to an external drive or CD
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before deleting them.</p>
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