Deleting Admin Account. How? Mac OSX 10.5.6.

[kenn]

Is there an easy and safe way to remove/delete completely an Admin Account in Mac OSX 10.5.6.?

(I tried as root to remove the home directory of the admin I wanted off the computer but at log in his name is still there??)

 

[Tallest Skil]

Make another admin account and delete it from within that one.

 

[kenn]

Make another admin account and delete it from within that one.

Won't work as just another admin? I have to be root right?

 

[Tallest Skil]

Won't work as just another admin? I have to be root right?

Nope. I just tried it. It works.

 

[mkrishnan]

Right, any admin should be able to delete any other admin -- you may have to erase empty space on the hard drive after you empty trash, though, just to be on the safe side....

 

[kenn]

Nope. I just tried it. It works.

Are you on 10.5.6? My problem is that I can easily delete the file contents of the unwanted admin account but the login possibility reappears at start up.

 

[J the Ninja]

Are you on 10.5.6? My problem is that I can easily delete the file contents of the unwanted admin account but the login possibility reappears at start up.

Just because you took away their home folder doesn't mean you nuked the account. Use either the root account or another admin account and delete from System Preferences.