{"id":120544,"date":"2025-01-29T09:05:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?post_type=support&#038;p=120544"},"modified":"2025-01-29T09:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T14:09:55","slug":"delete-unbound-user-on-mac-devices","status":"publish","type":"support","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/support\/delete-unbound-user-on-mac-devices","title":{"rendered":"Delete Unbound Users on Mac Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An admin may remove an unbound suspended user from a macOS device to enhance security, free up storage, and simplify user management. Suspended users with intact data can pose security risks and take up disk space, so removing them helps ensure compliance and optimize device performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To safely delete the older user account:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li><strong>Open Directory Utility<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>On the device, open spotlight and search and select <strong>Directory Utility<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the padlock in the lower-left corner to unlock it. Authenticate with your admin password.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Locate the User in Directory Editor<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Once unlocked, click <strong>Directory Editor<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Search for the users <strong>Full Name<\/strong> You should see two entries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify the entry to delete by noting the <strong>NFSHomeDirectory<\/strong> path. The record we want to remove will show:<br><strong>NFSHomeDirectory: \/Users\/&lt;USERNAME&gt;.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Delete the User Record<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the unwanted record and click the <strong>minus (-)<\/strong> button in the lower-left corner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confirm the deletion by entering your admin password.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Remove the User\u2019s Home Folder<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Open <strong>Finder<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigate to the <strong>Users<\/strong> folder by pressing <strong>Command + Shift + G<\/strong> on your keyboard and entering <code>\/Users<\/code> in the search box.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Locate the <code>&lt;USERNAME&gt;<\/code> folder.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drag the folder to the Trash Bin or press <strong>Command + Delete<\/strong> to remove it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authenticate with your admin password to confirm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Empty the Trash<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Right-click the <strong>Trash Bin<\/strong> and select <strong>Empty Trash<\/strong> to completely remove the folder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An admin may remove an unbound suspended user from a macOS device to enhance security, free up storage, and simplify [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":223,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"support_category":[3136,3127],"support_tag":[],"coauthors":[3144],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - 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