I created a new admin user as part of a trouble shooting session, I'm now running out of space and things have slowed down. I went to System Preferences - Users & Groups and tried to delete the extra user, but the "-" is grayed. What should I do other than brute force delete the user files (which will leave I'm sure some hidden stuff). I'm on a 13" 2016 Mac Book Pro with a 250 GB SSD (thus the issue of space).
Macbook (2016 or later)
Did you already click on the padlock on the bottom right and then unlock, prior to deleting?
or
Maybe, make sure that the user you are trying to delete is not signed in or active.
If the user is logged in, even with Fast User Switching, it can't be deleted.
Don't what changed but when I checked it again, I was able to delete the "extra" user. It may have been because there was a backup finishing at the prior time.
It wasn't logged in, so not really sure why it didn't work at first, but it did later on. Anyway, got it done.
Since you've been helping on my contacts issue, that's still not totally resolved, still working on a delete and reload from an AddressBook archive (that should contain the groups).
Can't delete a admin user on MBP with High Sierra
