How can I deactivate the "guest user"

If you deactivate the guest user settings in User and Groups, uncheck "Wake for network access' in Energy Saver, and uncheck "Find My Mac" in iCloud, the Guest user will no longer be displayed.

Lanny,

I do not have "Find my Mac" turned on in the iCloud panel.

I also have "Wake for network access" is unchecked.

The Guest User account still shows up in the Users & Groups for me.

Mine never were checked and I still have the Guest account though it is inactive it still shows up in the Users & Groups.

And you did the restart?

It's working for me in that sense.

However, it still shows up as Disabled in the Users & Groups preference panel.

You can't get rid of it there.

I thought that's what you were talking about.

thank u so much! ive been trying ti fix mine for the longest! cant believe i never just logged out. thanks alot!

Are you all clicking the lock to allow changes to be made?

Mine was grayed out before I clicked this, but seemed to have no problems getting rid of it.

solution : sign into your guest account . log out and delete files . go to your account and you will be able to access the guest account tab.

you can only delete guest acct while logged into the guest acct.

yeah, seems gud, hav to try it...

go to system preferences then

select icloud then

deactivate, find my mac

automatically the guest user created not by you will be deactivated.

i logged into the guest user, went to system preferences clicked on parental controls click the unlock button click on guest user and hit the minus button at the bottom

thanks mate, really helped me

thanks!!! you helped me a lot 🙂