Remove administrator status from account

I have two accounts on my Mac that have administrator status. I never intended this, and I'd like to change one of them to a normal account without deleting it. How can I do this?

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.3

Posted on Apr 23, 2022 12:54 PM

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Barney-15E

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Posted on Apr 23, 2022 1:19 PM

With the undesired account logged out, uncheck the box allowing that user to administer the Mac from the other admin account in Users & Groups system preferences.

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Barney-15E

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Apr 23, 2022 1:19 PM in response to J. J.

With the undesired account logged out, uncheck the box allowing that user to administer the Mac from the other admin account in Users & Groups system preferences.

J. J. Author

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Apr 23, 2022 3:26 PM in response to Barney-15E

Thanks!

That should have been obvious. I don't know why I didn't find it myself, but I'm glad you were able to tell me.

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