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Sunday, 25 November 2012

HOW TO DELETE LOCAL DOMAIN USER PROFILE WINDOWS 7

How can I delete the local user profile on a Windows 7 machine that is part of a domain as well?

You can do it with the User Profiles dialog in System Properties:
  • Properites for Computer
  • Advanced system settings (on the left side)
  • Settings for User Profiles (in the middle)
  • Select the profile you want to delete and click the delete button
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To clear user local profile via registry:
  1. Press on Start > Run >Regedit
  2. Navigate to the following registry key :“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
  3. Under ProfileList navigate to binary key’s like this: S-1-5-21-3656904587-1668747452-4095529-500On the right side under ProfileImagePath you'll see the profile path.
  4. Chose the one with the desired user and delete the long registry key like: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList”

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