Delete profiles windows 7

Much easier I find! This is a very useful method if you want to rebuild a profile, Eg rename the directory and then delete the reg key. Good instructions for thorough removal of profiles. Clears out Temp profiles also which cluttered on of our PC to no end. Cheers John Ferry, it's funny to see the amount of profiles that haven't been used for 1 year plus when PC's are in for a rebuild. This method meant there was effectively no trace of that profile after deleting the key.

I no longer have access to the profile i created this article with AJF42 as it was through a company helpdesk account. I use it and it helps me. I use a batch file to remove old profiles, it works great just remember to run as admin or it wont work. Thank you! For some reason the Windows GUI wouldn't allow me to delete a particular user and this process worked. Any ideas on why and what I can do to resolve this?

Home Windows Windows 7 How-tos. In the Advanced tab, in the User Profiles section click Settings. This will display the User Profiles dialog as shown in Figure 2. Select your user profile and click Delete. If prompted, click Yes to confirm. The profile is gone.

You May Also Like. Post navigation. Search for:. Improve this question. Rename the folder in users first — user Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. You can do it with the User Profiles dialog in System Properties: Log in as different user with admin privileges than you want to delete Open Properties for Computer Advanced system settings on the left side Settings for User Profiles in the middle Select the profile you want to delete and click the delete button.

Improve this answer. Martijn Heemels 2 2 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges. Markus Markus 1, 1 1 gold badge 10 10 silver badges 2 2 bronze badges. Does the command delete only preferences or it also deletes documents?

PauloAvelar I second this — audiFanatic. I am following the steps above, but for the specific profile that I am trying to delete - the delete button is disable. What could be the reason for this? I have logged into an account different from the one that I want to delete.

Cyrus Cyrus 3 3 silver badges 2 2 bronze badges. This official Microsoft KB confirms what you're saying, but goes further saying you can remove ProfileList key in regedit to delete ALL profiles if you desire which is a little surprising to me!

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