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deluser:tldr:bd644
deluser: Remove a user and their home directory.
$ sudo deluser --remove-home ${username}
try on your machine
The command sudo deluser --remove-home ${username}
is used to remove a user from a Linux system and delete their home directory.
Here's a breakdown of the command:
sudo
: This command is used to run a command with administrative privileges. It allows the user to execute the following command as the system's superuser (or another user with sufficient privileges).deluser
: This command is used to delete a user from the system.--remove-home
: This option instructsdeluser
to remove the user's home directory along with their account. If this option is not used, the home directory will not be deleted.${username}
: This is a placeholder for the actual username that you want to delete. You need to replace${username}
with the specific username you want to remove.
By running this command with administrative privileges, it will delete the specified user account and their associated home directory from the system. It is important to be cautious when using this command, as it permanently deletes the user's data.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.