deluser Command Examples
Delete a user from the system. More information: https://manned.org/deluser.
- Remove a user:
sudo deluser {{username}}
- Remove a user and their home directory:
sudo deluser --remove-home {{username}}
- Remove a user and their home, but backup their files into a
.tar.gz
file in the specified directory:
sudo deluser --backup-to {{path/to/backup_directory}} --remove-home {{username}}
- Remove a user, and all files owned by them:
sudo deluser --remove-all-files {{username}}