Professional User Profile Cleaning

This page provides a short overview of how to delete a local user account from your computer. We recommend that you first test this information in an isolated environment (test-lab / virtual computer) before using it on life data. When in doubt backup your data first.

Profile Deletion Tools:

Delprof Scripts:

Delete Local Account:

Delete Local Profile:

Delete Local Account:

Windows XP:

To delete a user account

1. Open Computer Management.
2. In the console tree, click Users ( Computer Management » System Tools » Local Users and Groups » Users ).
3. Right-click the user account you want to delete, and then click Delete.

Notes

• To open Computer Management, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
• When you need to remove user accounts, it is a good idea to disable the accounts first. When you are certain that disabling the account has not caused a problem, you can safely delete it.
• A deleted user account cannot be recovered.
• The built-in Administrator and Guest accounts cannot be deleted.