February 20

Macos Mojave Cannot Delete User Account

Solution: Use Terminal command for Directory Services to Delete a User Account

First, Create a new administrator account and log in as the new account, open terminal command.

1 list all users.            $ sudo dscl . list /Users
2 Delete the account command  sudo dscl . -delete /Users/Account_name

After the account is deleted, delete the user’s home folder located at /Macintosh HD/Users directory.


Posted February 20, 2019 by Ray in category "MAC

1 COMMENTS :

  1. By Jeffrey on

    I am unable to delete a user using this process. I get the following error:

    eDSPermissionError
    DS Error: -14120 (eDSPermissionError)

    Reply

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