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I just created a new user & its home folder & need to delete it now & also I cant find my old user's Downloads,Documents,Pictures,etc folder in /home/olduser & also .Xauthority file. Dont know how it deleted. I executed startx command by pressing Alt+Ctrl+F3when new user wasnt able to log in.



I deleted user from Users & Groups but its home folder didnt get deleted. How can I fix this?




  • How can I delete new user's home folder safely?


  • How can restore my old documents,downloads,folder?


  • If not then how can I create brand new /home folder & link with OS?



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to list all users :



cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd


To remove user :



sudo userdel username


To remove home directory :



sudo rm -r /home/username


To add a home directory to an existing user :



create a home directory



chown this directory for the user 



sudo usermod -d /home/directory user

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