Delete user under Documents and Settings
If you do not want a user profile any longer. Here is the steps to delete the user.
- Go to control panel (This link will open in a different window)
- Create a user account
- Reboot the computer
- Log in to the new user account
- Delete the old user account
That will delete the user from using the computer. Sometimes that will also remove the users files from Documents and Settings as well but sometimes it doesn't. If you want to get rid of the user directory listed there, follow these steps
WARNING!!! Any documents and files created under that user will be deleted when this is done. Any important files need to be saved in another location before doing these steps!
Click on the hyperlink for assistance with that step
- If you haven't already, Create another user account.
- Reboot the computer
- Log in to the new user account
- If you haven't deleted the profile, Delete the old user account
- Go to Windows Explorer
- Expand Documents and Settings so you can see the list of available users
- Highlight the old user account you want to delete.
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Press the Delete key