Good evening, Nalan provided the needed information. The directory "/var/lib/AccountsService/users/" did have a configuration file for the deleted user. I deleted that file, re-created the user, logged in as that user, and everything was English. Thank-you, Nalan. Bill. ----- Original Message ----- > From: William Mattison <wcmattison@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:52 PM > Subject: how to fully delete user account? > >T he language for a user account was set to simplified Chinese. Not what was > wanted! So I thought I could just delete the account and re-create it. I used > the Users and Groups GUI to delete the user account. I did check that the home > directory for that account was gone. Then I re-created the account with Users > and Groups. When the user first tried to log in, everything was in simplified > Chinese! I re-tried all this with an added reboot between deleting and > re-creating the account. It was still simplified Chinese. All other user > accounts are English. Where is the language preference for that one user > account "remembered" even after the account is deleted, and how do I > clear it? No one here knows enough simplified Chinese to read/understand the > simplified Chinese menu entries, buttons, prompts, messages, application icon > labels, etc. Or how can I as root reset that account's preferences back to > default without becoming that user? > > Thank-you in advance for your help. > Bill. > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
