How to remove user from Ubuntu?

Question

I added group using the command in terminal as,

$ sudo addgroup XXX

And I add user under that group,

$ sudo adduser --ingroup XXX YYY

Now, I need to remove the same group as well as user(s), how to do?

deluser <username> <groupname> and deluser --group <group name> — Avinash Raj, May 03 '14 at 09:06
BUt it shows You may not remove the user from their primary group. error for me. — Avinash Raj, May 03 '14 at 09:23
I think so you use the same name for both user and group.. is it ? — A J, May 03 '14 at 09:25
it's work for me again.. I am posting in answer.. please take a look and tell me... — A J, May 03 '14 at 09:32

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '14 at 11:05

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You have to run sudo deluser <username> <groupname> to delete a user from it's corresponding group. And run this sudo deluser --group <group name> command to delete a group.

answered May 03 '14 at 11:05

Avinash Raj

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sudo deluser <username> <groupname> doesn't delete the user, but rather only removes it from <groupname>. This, indeed, cannot happen if <groupname> is the primary group of <username> (e.g., when <username> was created with adduser <username>). Instead, sudo deluser <username> will delete the user completely (naturally removing it from all groups), and also delete the group <groupname> if <username> was its only member. Otherwise, sudo deluser --group <group name> will indeed be needed to delete the group as well. – Jonathan Y. Jan 08 '15 at 10:50

How to remove user from Ubuntu?

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