How to Delete Inactive User Profiles Automatically in Windows 7?

By default Windows 7 projects every data that is stored on the computer. This includes user profiles as well. However in the cases where many users share a common PC it is always advisable to delete inactive user profiles on a regular basis in order to save disk space and avoid the chances of system getting overpopulated with junk data. With the help of group policies administrators can define a threshold time after which an inactive user profile will automatically be deleted. For example if an administrator has defined the threshold period of 30 days in this case is a user fails to logon within the specified time his profile will automatically be deleted. As an administrator you can configure this setting by following the steps given below:

1. Logon to the computer with administrator account.
2. Click on Start button.
3. At the bottom of start menu in search box type gpedit.mcs and press enter key.
4. On Local Group Policy Editor snap-in under Computer Configuration expand Administrative Templates and expand System.
5. From the list click on User Profiles and from the right pane double click on Delete user profiles older than a specified number of days on system restart.
6. On the opened box select Enabled radio button and in the Options pane specify the number of days after which you want the inactive user profile to get deleted automatically.
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8. Once done click on Ok button to accept and confirm your configuration and close Local Group Policy Editor snap-in.
9. Open Command Prompt and the command window type gpupdate /force to update your computer with latest settings.
10. Close Command Prompt.