userdel

Remove a user account or remove a user from a group.

See also: users, useradd, usermod.

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• Remove a user:

sudo userdel {username}

• Remove a user in other root directory:

sudo userdel --root {path/to/other/root} {username}

• Remove a user along with the home directory and mail spool:

sudo userdel --remove {username}

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