Delete admin profile

[Ninjaman]

So I have a two year old M1 iMac. We have two full profiles on there and cannot upgrade software as the memory is low. Is there a way to delete the admin and have the secondary user keep all their files (school work etc)

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

Pretty sure you have to have at least one admin account

 

[Apple_Robert]

Why not backup the Mac, wipe the drive and then do a clean install of the OS you want to install? After you get done, you can decide which files and or accounts you wish to copy over. You have to have 1 admin account.

 

[Fishrrman]

Are you certain the accounts are what's consuming the space you will need in order to do the upgrade?

Seems I recall reading it will take upwards of 45-65gb of "free space" for the upgrade to work on the latest OS. Sounds ridiculous, but may be true...

 

[Ninjaman]

Thanks for the tips guys. I will try it out this week

 

[Ninjaman]

Ok so I’m deleting my profile form the Mac and it seems to be taking forever. Over an hour so far. Is that normal?