October 29, 2002

Permanently Delete a user's home folder

Permanently deleting a user’s home folder, using Terminal. Hell, with this command, you can delete all day long. It’s powerful. It’s Superman Powerful.

sudo rm -rf /Users/"username Deleted"/

Be very careful what you put after the -rf. It’s gone. You could delete damn near anything. What sudo does is acts as root for you. You’ll have to know the root password. But it works.

If you’re scared (wimp), you can use sudo rm -rfi blah blah blah. This will have “rm” ask you to confirm each file deletion.

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