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Deleting a local Windows user account
You can delete a local Windows user account from a Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) if it is no longer required for local CIFS authentication to an SVM's CIFS server or for determining access rights to data contained in an SVM.
About this task 
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Standard, well-known users such as Administrator cannot be deleted.
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Data ONTAP removes references to this user from the local-group database, from the local-user-membership and from the user-rights database.
Steps 
1.
From the home page, double-click the appropriate storage system.
2.
Expand the Storage Virtual Machines hierarchy in the left navigation pane.
3.
In the navigation pane, select the SVM and click Configuration > Local Users and Groups > Windows.
4.
In the Users tab, select the user account that you want to delete and click Delete.
5.
Click Delete again.
Result 
The local user account is deleted along with its group membership entries.
Related reference 
Windows window

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