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Delete a user account in windows 7

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May 312010
 

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If you have a user account on your computer that is not being used, you can permanently remove it by deleting it.
Your computer is on a domain follow these steps

Because your computer is on a domain, you can delete local user accounts from the computer, but you cannot delete user accounts from the domain. All files that were created under the user account will be deleted when you delete the account.

1.Open User Accounts by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking User Accounts, clicking User Accounts again, and then clicking Manage User Accounts. Administrator permission required If you’re prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

2.On the Users tab, under Users for this computer, click the user account name, and then click Remove.

3.In the User Accounts dialog box, click Yes, and then click OK.

Your computer is in a workgroup
follow these steps

When you delete a user account, you can choose whether you want to keep the files created under that account; however, e-mail messages and computer settings for the account will be deleted.

1.Open User Accounts by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking User Accounts and Family Safety, clicking User Accounts, and then clicking Manage another account. Administrator permission required If you’re prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

2.Click the account you want to delete, and then click Delete the account.

3.Decide if you want to keep or delete the files created under the account by clicking Keep Files or Delete Files.

4.Click Delete Account.

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