Mac OS X 10.5 Help
Deleting a user account
If you have an administrator account, you can delete user accounts on your computer that are no longer needed.
When you delete a user account you have the option to save the user’s home folder containing their files and settings or delete them.
Important: If the user’s account is encrypted (FileVault is turned on), turn FileVault off for the user before you attempt to delete the account.
To delete a user account:
If some settings are dimmed, click the lock icon and type an administrator name and password.
Select the user account you want to delete, and then click the Delete (-) button.
Click OK to save the user’s files on the computer, or click Delete Immediately to remove the user account and all the user’s files.
If you saved the user’s files, they are stored in a disk image in the Deleted Users folder, which is in the Users folder on your startup disk.
To see the saved files, double-click the disk image in the Deleted Users folder.
To delete the user’s files, drag the disk image to the Trash.