{"id":24539,"date":"2024-05-21T12:10:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T20:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/21\/news-18269\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T12:10:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T20:10:26","slug":"news-18269","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/21\/news-18269\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete an additional user from a shared Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There will be times when you need to remove a user from a device. In this article we&#8217;ll show you how to remove a user from a Mac. <\/p>\n<p>For a better understanding it&#8217;s good to understand the difference between an actual user of the device and a &#8220;sharing only user.&#8221; On a Mac, you can use Sharing Only User settings to create a user that has access to your files and folders over the network. You can also use these settings to limit their access to your shared information and system.<\/p>\n<p>Both have very similar ways of removal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple menu &gt; <strong>System Settings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Users &amp; Groups<\/strong> in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Info<\/strong> button next to the user or group you want to delete, then click <strong>Delete User<\/strong> or <strong>Delete Group<\/strong>. Note: If a user is logged in to this Mac now, you can&#8217;t select them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"581\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/Mac_Users_Groups.jpg\" alt=\"Users &amp; Groups menu on a Mac\" class=\"wp-image-110136\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>This will delete sharing users immediately. For other users you\u2019ll have to decide what you want to do with their Home folder first. You can delete it, keep it, or save it in a disk image.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To save it in a disk image, select <strong>Save the home folder in a disk image<\/strong>, then click <strong>Delete User<\/strong>. This archives all the user\u2019s documents and information so the user can be restored later if needed. The disk image is saved in <em>\/Users\/Deleted Users\/<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>To leave the user\u2019s home folder as is, select <strong>Don\u2019t change the home folder<\/strong>, then click <strong>Delete User<\/strong>. The user\u2019s documents and information are saved and the user can be restored later if needed. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-gb\/guide\/mac-help\/aside\/glos7dad3d40\/14.0\/mac\/14.0\">Home folder<\/a>\u00a0remains in <em>\/Users\/<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>To remove the user\u2019s home folder from the computer:\u00a0Select <strong>Delete the home folder<\/strong>, then click <strong>Delete User<\/strong>. The user&#8217;s folder will be deleted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you don\u2019t delete a user\u2019s home folder, you can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-gb\/guide\/mac-help\/restore-a-deleted-user-mchlp2968\/14.0\/mac\/14.0\">restore the user<\/a>&nbsp;and the contents of the home folder. (A sharing-only user doesn\u2019t have a home folder.)<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p>Did you know there&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/mac-upsell\">Malwarebytes for Mac<\/a>? Give it a try!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malwarebytes.com\/blog\/explained\/2024\/05\/how-to-delete-an-additional-user-from-a-shared-mac\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> This post explains how to remove additional users and accounts from your Mac <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[10488,10378],"tags":[2211,10522],"class_list":["post-24539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-apple","tag-explained"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}