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Manage user profiles

There are two major ways you can do this: Graphical User Interface and Command Terminal.

Using CLI

Creating a user

Step 1: Open your command Terminal using either from Applications menu or using shortcuts (Ctrl+Alt+T or Win+T). The syntax to add a user on Linux is: sudo useradd -m \<name of the user\> So say you have to add Ravi as a user, 

sudo useradd -m ravi

Step 2 : Set a password for the user The syntax to set a password for the user is: sudo passwd \<username\> 

sudo passwd ravi

Step 3 (optional) : Provide sudo privilege (to be done if you want the user to have sudo privileges. This will work in Debian-based distros. You should look up if you have a different distro.) 

sudo usermod -a -G sudo ravi

Delete a user

The syntax to delete a user is sudo userdel <username> 

sudo userdel -r ravi

Using GUI

Head over to settings > users. Most probably the settings would be locked by default. Click on unlock and enter your password.

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Once you have done that, you should see this.

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Just click on Add user. Here you can now add your username and password. You can select if the user is a standard or administrator. You can set the password now or in the next login. Once you do that, you can easily log out and log in as a newly created user.

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Tip

You can go into the same settings > users section and see the remove user icon at the bottom. Just use that to delete the user.