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The NetUserDel function deletes a user account from a server.

Requirements

Only members of the Administrators or the Account Operators local group can successfully execute NetUserDel on a remote server or on a computer that has local security enabled. Only members of the Administrators local group can delete an Administrators privilege account.

NET_API_STATUS NetUserDel(

    LPWSTR servername,

    LPWSTR username

   );

Parameters

servername
Pointer to a Unicode string containing the name of the remote server on which the function is to execute. A NULL pointer or string specifies the local computer.
username
Pointer to a Unicode string containing the name of the user account to delete.

Remarks

An account cannot be deleted while a user or application is using a server resource. If the user was added to the system through the server with the NetUserAdd function, deleting the user deletes the user's Windows NT system account.

Return Values

If the function is successful, it returns NERR_SUCCESS.

If the function fails, the return value is one of the following error codes.

Value

Meaning

ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED

The user does not have access to the requested information.

NERR_InvalidComputer

The computer name is invalid.

NERR_NotPrimary

The operation is allowed only on the primary domain controller of the domain.

NERR_UserNotFound

The user name could not be found.

See Also

NetUserAdd, NetUserEnum, NetUserSetInfo, NetApiBufferFree