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Delete user accounts using the CLI

Delete user accounts using the CLI

Remove all the user data (user accounts) from your Splunk installation by typing ./splunk clean followed by the userdata argument. This deletes all the user accounts other than the default user accounts included with Splunk (admin, power, user).

Caution: Removing user data is irreversible; if you accidentally delete user data, you must re-add the accounts manually.

To remove all of the user accounts in the system: 

./splunk clean userdata

To remove the user accounts in the system and force Splunk to skip the confirmation prompt: 

./splunk clean userdata -f
Retrieved from "http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3/Admin/DeleteuserdatafromtheCLI"

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 4.1 , 4.1.1 , 4.1.2 , 4.1.3 , 4.1.4 , 4.1.5 , 4.1.6 , 4.1.7 , 4.1.8 , 4.2 , 4.2.1 , 4.2.2 , 4.2.3 , 4.2.4 , 4.2.5 , 4.3 View the Article History for its revisions.


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