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## 4.4.3 Deleting users

Similarly, deleting users can be accomplished with the commands `userdel` or `deluser` depending on what software was installed on the system.

If you'd like to temporarily ``disable'' a user from logging into the system (without deleting the user's account), you can simply prepend an asterisk (```*`'') to the password field in `/etc/passwd`. For example, changing `kiwi`'s `/etc/passwd` entry to

`kiwi:*Xv8Q981g71oKK:102:100:Laura Poole:/home/kiwi:/bin/bash`

will restrict `kiwi` from logging in.

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