How to remove "Other" account from login screen?

Thank you. You are correct and your suggestion works.

This is the first time I have ever seen the "other" user in the login screen. I have four Macs on my Network and one NAS.

The command "sudo defaults delete /L*/P*/com.apple.loginwindow.* SHOWOTHERUSERS_MANAGED" just returns a page of syntax suggestions and arguments and accomplishes nothing.

Copied and pasted

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow SHOWOTHERUSERS_MANAGED -bool FALSE

and it worked. Now it's gone. Thank you.

And just for the record, there is no "other" user folder, I don't have "Find My Mac" enabled, and I don't have guest account enabled.

I asked an Apple advisor and she said

Enable or disable the root user

1. Choose Apple menu () > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups (or Accounts).
2. Click , then enter an administrator name and password.
3. Click Login Options.
4. Click Join (or Edit).
5. Click Open Directory Utility.
6. Click in the Directory Utility window, then enter an administrator name and password.
7. From the menu bar in Directory Utility:
   • Choose Edit > Enable Root User, then enter the password that you want to use for the root user.
   • Or choose Edit > Disable Root User.

This will totally take away other on the lock screen.

Enable or disable the root user

1. Choose Apple menu () > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups (or Accounts).
2. Click , then enter an administrator name and password.
3. Click Login Options.
4. Click Join (or Edit).
5. Click Open Directory Utility.
6. Click in the Directory Utility window, then enter an administrator name and password.
7. From the menu bar in Directory Utility:
   • Choose Edit > Enable Root User, then enter the password that you want to use for the root user.
   • Or choose Edit > Disable Root User.

I use System Preferences then go to users & ONYX. First make sure Root user is off How to enable the root user on your Mac or change your root password - Apple Support in users click on users and groups. Unlock the lock if locked. Turn automatic login to off. Display login window as list of users. Only check Show input menu in login window & Show fast user switching menu as full name. Leave the remainder of the boxes unchecked. Close System Preferences window. Then in ONYX go to parameters and open the login box. On the lower 1/2 of the page, where it says show list of users make startup mode normal and check local users box. Uncheck network users and other users. Close ONYX and restart. That is it. You will have your name listed at startup with an empty box to put your password in.

Hello! I was very annoyed at having to click my username every login, when I am the only user on my MacBook Pro! I just used your command on MacOS Sierra, after trying a plethora of other hopeful tasks. This worked for me! Thank you!

WishboneF wrote:

Maybe you could give a link to this other thread you're talking about?

If I could find it, I would. But since it is almost impossible to find anything you are looking for on this forum, I can't provide a link.

go to

>System Preferences...>Users and Groups

unlock the panel

turn the guest user off and disable it's permissions

You can try to sign out of iCloud and sign back in, or disable file vault. Otherwise "I have no guest user on my mac" doesn't tell me you did anything. If you did something specific say what that was.

In previous versions, "Other" was root. Have you enabled root for some reason?

Have a nice day.

Enabling and using the "root" user in OS X - Apple Support

Change the login window to Name and password as shown below:

I look at that method this way: you've given someone one half of the login info needed in case the iMac gets stolen. With just the two fields displayed they have to guess at both the user name and the password.