How to Add or Remove Users on Mac

Worried about privacy on your Mac that your family also uses? Why not give them a break? You can do this by creating a new user profile for them on your Mac. Stay tuned to learn how to add a user on Mac to ensure the privacy of each user.

• How to add a new user on Mac
• Add Group on Mac
• How to delete a user on Mac
• Delete Group on Mac

How to add a new user on Mac

Finally, in order to avoid file clustering and maintain privacy, you have decided to give private space to users using your Mac. Let’s then understand how to add a user on a Mac running macOS Ventura or Monterey.

On macOS Ventura

1. On a Mac, click Apple menu  → System Preferences.
2. Scroll and click Users & Groups → Add Account.
3. Enter your password → click Unlock.
4. Fill in the required details → click “Create User”.

You can choose between “Administrator”, “Standard”or “Shared”by changing the options available in the “New Account”drop-down list.

To allow a user with administrative properties, you need to click the (i) button and enable Allow this user to control this computer.

Once you enable this feature, you will get a pop-up asking you to restart.

On macOS Monterey

1. On a Mac, choose Apple menu  → System Preferences.
2. Go to Users and Groups.
3. Click the lock icon.
4. Enter your credentials and click Unblock.
5. Click the (+) icon.
6. Fill in the required details → select “Create User”.

You can view the newly created user in the “Other Users”area.

You can also select the Allow a user to control this computer check box if you want to give this account administrative rights. And for that, you will be prompted to restart your Mac.

Add Group on Mac

Now let’s see how we can make a group available to specific Mac users.

On macOS Ventura

1. Go to System Preferences.
2. Scroll and click Users & Groups → Add Account.
3. Enter your password → click Unlock.
4. Select “Group”from the “New Account”drop-down list.
5. Give the full name to the group → click “Create Group”.
6. Click the (i) button → In the “Users”section, you can turn on the toggle next to the members you want to add to the group.
7. Click Done.

On macOS Monterey

1. Launch System Preferences.
2. Go to Users & Groups → Click the padlock icon to unlock it.
3. Select “Group”from the “New Account”drop-down list.
4. Give the full name of the group → click “Create Group”.
5. In the Membership section, check the box next to the users you want to add to the group.

How to delete a user on Mac

Stuck in a situation where your Mac is next to everyone waiting for you. Take a calming pill. We have you covered. You only need to delete a few users. Keep reading to find out how.

On macOS Ventura

1. Open System Preferences → Users & Groups.
2. Click the (i) button next to the user you want to delete on Mac.
3. Select Remove account. You will now have three options to choose from.
   • Save the home folder in a disk image: This will save the disk image of the user you are deleting in the Deleted Items folder.
   • Do not change the home folder: the home folder will remain in the user folder.
   • Delete Home Folder: User information will be deleted and disk space will be freed up.

On macOS Monterey

1. Launch System Preferences.
2. Go to Users & Groups → Click the padlock icon to unlock it.
3. Select a user in the “Other Users”section.
4. Click the (-) icon and select one of the options below. It comes with the same options as described in Deleting a user in macOS Ventura.
5. Select Remove User.

Delete Group on Mac

As part of cleaning up your Mac, you can remove several groups that you have created. Follow the instructions below to learn how to remove a group.

On macOS Ventura

1. Launch System Preferences → Users & Groups.
2. Click the button (i) next to the group you want to delete.
3. Select Remove account.
4. Enter your password → click Unlock.
5. Confirm by selecting Remove account.

On macOS Monterey

1. Open System Preferences.
2. Go to Users & Groups → Click the padlock icon to unlock it.
3. Select a group in the groups section.
4. Click the (-) icon.
5. Click OK.

FAQ

To enable Fast User Switching on macOS Ventura, launch “System Preferences”→ go to Control Center → scroll down to “Fast User Switching”→ enable “Show in Control Center”or select one of the options from the “Show in Menu Bar”dropdown “.

A guest account is required to allow a few infrequent people to log into your Mac. To activate it on your Mac, follow the instructions in our article on how to enable the guest account on Mac.

Last thoughts…

I hope we have provided a solution for you to add or remove a user/group. If you would like to resolve any other issue on your Apple device, please let us know below. We will be happy to assist you. See you later!