Administrators is the minimum group membership required to complete this procedure. Review the details in "Additional considerations" in this topic.
 | To delete a local user account |
Open Computer Management.
In the console tree, click Users.
Where?
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Computer Management\System Tools\Local Users and Groups\Users
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Computer Management\System Tools\Local Users and Groups\Users
Right-click the user account that you want to delete, and then click Delete.
Additional considerations
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To perform this procedure, you must provide credentials for the Administrator account on the local computer (if you are prompted), or you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer.
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When you need to delete a user account, it is recommended that you first disable the account. When you are certain that disabling the account has not caused a problem, you can safely delete the account.
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A deleted user account cannot be recovered.
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The Administrator account and the Guest account cannot be deleted.