LukasCF
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Q: How can I deactivate the "guest user"

Everybody can go into the "guest user" account. How can I deactivate or delete this silly account?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Aug 1, 2012 10:43 AM

by vikramfromchennai,Solvedanswer
vikramfromchennai vikramfromchennai
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A:

Hi LukasCF . I had the same problem . it turns out that if the option of guest account in settings is greyed out it means your guest account is logged in .

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.

Posted on Aug 5, 2012 8:42 AM

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  • by craigsequeira,

    craigsequeira craigsequeira Jun 16, 2016 3:08 PM in response to LukasCF
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    Jun 16, 2016 3:08 PM in response to LukasCF

    Now in 2016, running OS X El Capitan;

     

    I fixed this problem by first opening System Preferences in my admin account > iCloud > Turn off Find My Mac. Then I logged into the guest account and then clicked the Apple Logo and clicked "Log Out".

    Then I logged back into the admin account & opened System Preferences > iCloud > Turned on Find My Mac and then went to Users & Groups and clicked the little lock symbol and unlocked it by putting my admin password and clicked "Guest User" and then unchecked "Allow guests to log in to this computer".

     

    That should solve the "GUEST USER" problem!

    Hope that helped!

  • by sergicastell,

    sergicastell sergicastell Sep 8, 2016 7:50 AM in response to Lanny
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    Sep 8, 2016 7:50 AM in response to Lanny

    Thanks Lanny, your info worked just fine. For all of you on Lion follow these instructions and it shall work.

    cheers

    Serge

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