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How to delete a user in Ubuntu but keep his home dir?

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 202613767 views
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Problem

I need to delete a user, but I need to keep his home dir. I tried , but this also removes his home dir. Is there a way to do this?

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userdel -r user

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The does the exact opposite of what you want. From : Instead of , just use:

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