Delete User on RHEL/CentOS 8: Step-by-Step Guide

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

In this tutorial you will learn:

Deleting user on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8.

Software Requirements and Conventions Used

Software Requirements and Linux Command Line Conventions
Category	Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used
System	RHEL 8 / CentOS 8
Software	N/A
Other	Privileged access to your Linux system as root or via the `sudo` command.
Conventions	# – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of `sudo` command $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

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
```
Use the userdel command to remove a user. In this example we will remove a user with username redhat-user. Please note the -r option instructs the userdel command to remove also user’s home directory:
```
# userdel -r redhat-user
```
Use the -f option to force the user removal in case the user is logged:
```
# userdel -f -r redhat-user
```