Unable to delete a User Account on Yosemite I had a user account of my ex boyfriend installed on my Mac. I want to completely delete it but it has been over a week now that it has been saying "deleting account.." under the user name. When I want to restart my mac it won't let me. It just says:


  System Preferences is busy and can't be closed. Users &amp; Groups preferences is removing a user account and saving the Home directory to a disk image.
If you want to completely delete it, you should cancel the current process as it is saving the whole user account to a disk image –which is why is taking so long– and restart the account deletion process without saving any data when prompted.

From the Apple Support page:


  
  Select the user you want to delete, then click Remove  below the list of users.
  Do one of the following:
  
  
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  Remove the user’s home folder from the computer: Select “Delete the home folder.” The user information will be deleted and the storage
  space will be freed. If you want to prevent programs that read raw
  data from retrieving any files, select “Erase home folder securely.”