Macbook Pro - Can't delete user account

Dataquestuk
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Trying to delete a user account through the user/groups panel in System Preferences in the normal way.

However. the "-" associated with the particular user is greyed out. (I think its because the Mac was previously on a domain)

When I check the Unique ID of the account it returns the value of 0 (the root account also has the value of 0)

How can I get rid of the account or at least change the Unique ID?
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To read the user account ID.
 dscl . -read /Users/AccountName UniqueID
UniqueID: ID#

To Change the uid using the ID# you obtained above:
sudo dscl . -change /Users/AccountNAME UniqueID ID# 1234


Verify that the uid has changed:
dscl . -read /Users/AccountName UniqueID
UniqueID: 1234
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Thanks for the assistance.
serialband

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You're welcome.

You can also use dscl to create or delete IDs on the command line, but it doesn't create or delete the home folders or set the correct permissions.

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