deluser user
remove a normal user from the system
example: deluser mike
--remove-home remove the users home directory and mail spool
--remove-all-files remove all files owned by user
--home <dir> remove home only if /etc/passwd home dir
matches directory given here
--backup
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backup files before removing.
--backup-to <dir> target directory for the backups.
Default is the current directory.
--system only remove if system user
delgroup group
deluser --group group
remove a group from the system
example: deluser --group students
--system only remove if system group
--only-if-empty only remove if no members left
deluser user group
remove the user from a group
example: deluser mike students
general options:
--quiet | -q don't give process information to stdout
--help | -h usage message
--version | -v version number and copyright
--conf | -c FILE use FILE as configuration file