How do i delete these Guest User accounts?

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How do i delete these Guest User accounts?

I have MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) w/ MacOS High Sierra 10.13

I had to reset my iCloud configurations because my iPhone got stolen, changed all my passwords, and then a guest user account appeared in the log screen, i disabled the account in system preferences, restarted my computer and then a second user account appeared.

As you can see is a weird looking guest account and it has a password, y tried just hitting enter but it didn't work so i tried to enable and disable the account again and this happened.

The weird looking account now has this even weirder look and it won't go away.

What should i do?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Posted on Oct 12, 2017 9:14 AM

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ishil

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Oct 16, 2017 2:31 PM in response to AshenHunter

You can try using these terminal commands:

dscl localhost delete/Local/Default/Users/Guest

rm-rf/Users/Guest

If that doesn't work, then in the meantime, however, you can take a look at this page

which will show you how to remove the password so you can at least see what's inside.

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AshenHunter Author

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Oct 26, 2017 12:48 PM in response to Thomas Fisher

At first, the terminal solution worked but it came back at the second time I restarted my computer, just after marking that answer as helpful, I actually had to clean install MacOs high Sierra and all the problems were gone (obviously), so if you don't mind going trough that theres a solution.

Check this link if you want a clean install http://osxdaily.com/2017/09/27/create-macos-high-sierra-bootable-installer-usb/

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JoepW

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Oct 17, 2017 11:35 AM in response to ishil

I have the same problem. The terminal solution doesn't work: "Permission denied"

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Answer 4

Oct 21, 2017 5:59 AM in response to JoepW

I have exactly the same problem. Neither solution above helped. Resetting password through the terminal only gave me the option to reset the main user (mine) account.

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