Microsoft KB Archive/313918

= How To Delete a User Profile in Windows 2000 =

Article ID: 313918

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q313918



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SUMMARY Requirements
 * How to Delete a User Profile



SUMMARY
This step-by-step article describes how to delete a user profile from a local computer. If you use this method, you delete the %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\ folder that contains the user's My Documents folder, desktop settings, Start menu, favorites, and cookies. This method also deletes the profile from the ProfileList key in the registry.

This procedure does not remove a user's ability to log back on to the same computer. Doing so creates a new %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\ folder. This does not re-create the user's previous documents, desktop settings, Start menu, favorites, and cookies.

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Requirements
You must have administrator permissions to delete a user profile.

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How to Delete a User Profile
To delete a user profile:
 * 1) Right-click My Computer on the desktop, and then click Properties.
 * 2) In the System Properties dialog box, click the User Profiles tab.
 * 3) Click the user profile that you want to delete, and then click Delete.

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