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deleting an old users home folder

Asked by swinfi2

i changed my username and copied all me files so i had 2 users which where both me then i deleted the old me's profile and now i cant do anything to the old me's files how do i get rid of them?

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swinfi2 (swinfi2) said : 		#1

it would be alot easier if i could just change the username rather than make a new user and get in this mess

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Best Sayak Banerjee (sayakb-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

Try
sudo rm /home/oldusername -rf

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Sayak Banerjee (sayakb-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

If this fails, try
sudo chown root /home/oldusername
sudo rm /home/oldusername -rf

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swinfi2 (swinfi2) said : 		#4

Thanks Sayak Banerjee, that solved my question.