How to delete user accounts

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  • Their is an application called users and groups in ubuntu which have a really simple and easy to use interface.With this application you could  add/delete/manage groups with relative ease. Go to system-->administration-->Users and Groups             

                           Or you could use the command line option given below

  • Go to applications-->accessories-->terminal and type the following

                                 sudo userdel <username>

  • This will however not delete the Home directory. To delete the Home directory just use this:
               sudo rm -r /home/<username>/

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