How to delete user on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 Linux

[Andy]

Deleting user on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 Linux system can be accomplished using the userdel command.

In this tutorial you will learn:

• How to delete user on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8.
• How to force user deletion.
• How to delete the user as well as its home directory.

And here are the steps:

1. Take a note of the user and its username you wish to remove.
   
   You can list all system users by using the below cat command:
   

   cat /etc/passwd

   
   
2. Use the userdel command to remove a user. In this example, we will remove a user with username topimerah. Please note the -r option instructs the userdel command to remove also user's home directory:
   

   userdel -r topimerah

   
   
3. Optionally, use the -f option to force the user removal in case the user is logged:
   

   userdel -f -r topimerah

If you have any questions, feel free to post them down below