While installing Elementary 6 in VirtualBox (host is Ubuntu 20.04), inadvertently I made a typing mistake in my name as user - ANUPAM became AMUPAM. How to rectify the spelling?
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If the name of the user account is wrong, the best way to change it is to create a new user account, grant it admin privileges, and log in with the new account.
- Open "Settings"
- Find "User Accounts" (near the bottom) and open:
- Click the little "+" in the lower-left corner to create a new account
- Set the details, ensuring that your account is set as "Administrator" (so that you can perform updates and run commands with
sudo)
- Press "Create User"
- Sign out of your current account
- Sign into your new account
- Configure the new account as you would like
- (Optional) Delete the old account
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Many many thanks. With your help I have created the correct New User Account. But primarily I was not able to delete the old account. However, ultimately that too could be done with the help from the following link. techrepublic.com/article/… Sep 3, 2021 at 7:24
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Glad it has worked for you. Could you click the checkmark beside the answer (and maybe the up arrow) if you found it helpful?– matigo ♦Sep 3, 2021 at 7:26
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