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Users - Delete a user

deluser john

WARNING: This will not delete the user's home directory.

If you want to delete the user's home directory when the user is deleted, issue the following command as root:

deluser --remove-home john

If you had previously configured sudo privileges for the user you deleted by editing the /etc/sudoers file, you should remove the relevant line in that file too.