Delete System User on Ubuntu

Delete System User on Ubuntu

# Delete System User on Ubuntu

**kill active sessions**

```
sudo loginctl disable-linger [USER]
sudo loginctl terminate-user [USER]
```

**delete user and remove home directory**

```
sudo deluser --remove-home [USER]
```

**delete user and remove all files owned by user**

This will traverse the entire system, so double check mounted filesystems before running this.

```
sudo deluser --remove-all-files [USER]
```