User Management

userdel Linux Command

Deletes a user account. Use -r to also remove the home directory.

What does userdel do?

Deletes a user account. Use -r to also remove the home directory.

userdel [options] username

sudo userdel -r john

Modifies an existing user account (groups, shell, home directory, etc.).

Creates a new group on the system.

Creates a new user account on the system.

Deletes an existing group from the system.

Changes the password for a user account.

Displays all groups the current user is a member of.