{"id":68387,"date":"2025-10-06T10:56:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=68387"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T10:57:09","password":"","slug":"how-to-delete-inactive-user-profiles-on-windows-devices","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/docs\/mobile-device-management\/windows-mdm\/configurations-windows-mdm\/how-to-delete-inactive-user-profiles-on-windows-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete inactive user profiles on Windows devices"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"68387\" class=\"elementor elementor-68387\" data-elementor-post-type=\"docs\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79d4cc3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"79d4cc3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab7791c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab7791c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">Windows <strong>User Profile Management<\/strong> includes a setting that allows admins to automatically <strong>delete user profiles<\/strong> that have been inactive for a specified number of days upon system restart. This feature helps organizations maintain cleaner systems by removing old, unused profiles, which can reduce storage consumption and improve overall system performance.<\/p><p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">When enabled, the <strong>User Profile Service<\/strong> will check all profiles on the device during the next restart and delete those that have not been accessed within the configured time frame, measured in 24-hour periods since their last use. This automatic cleanup ensures that only active users maintain profiles on the system, reducing clutter and potential security risks associated with stale profiles.<\/p><p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">If this policy is disabled or not configured, user profiles will remain unchanged, meaning all profiles, regardless of activity, will persist on the system.<\/p><p class=\"my-2 [&amp;+p]:mt-4 [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [&amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\">In managed environments, this policy can be centrally configured and deployed across Windows devices, enabling IT teams to enforce consistent user profile maintenance and optimize device health and storage management effectively.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39d15bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39d15bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Automatic deletion of inactive profiles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6c1140 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6c1140\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Once in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.applivery.io\/\">Applivery dashboard<\/a>, head to the\u00a0<strong>Device Management<\/strong>\u00a0section and select\u00a0<strong>Policies<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(1)<\/span>. Choose the policy where you want to add this configuration.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Next, in the left-hand menu, select <strong>+ Add configuration <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(2)<\/span>, and search for <strong>User Profiles<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(3)<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d07166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6d07166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125047-1024x667.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-68390\" alt=\"user-profiles\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125047-1024x667.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125047-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125047-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125047-1536x1000.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125047-2048x1333.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125047-360x234.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-10-06 at 125047 | Applivery\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc5a994 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc5a994\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Locate the <strong>Delete user profiles older than a specified number of days on system restart &gt; Cleanup Profiles<\/strong> setting, and specify the number of days after which inactive user profiles will be deleted automatically on system restart.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fec5b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6fec5b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125315-1024x667.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-68394\" alt=\"delete-inactive-profiles\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125315-1024x667.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125315-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125315-768x500.png 768w, https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125315-1536x1000.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125315-2048x1333.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-06-at-125315-360x234.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-10-06 at 125315 | Applivery\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automatically delete inactive Windows user profiles on system restart to maintain clean devices, save storage, and enhance security using Applivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":32390,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"product":[454],"doc_category":[451],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-68387","docs","type-docs","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","product-windows-mdm","doc_category-configurations-windows-mdm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"year_month":"2026-05","word_count":245,"total_views":"724","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Karla Makowski","author_nicename":"karla-makowski","author_url":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/blog\/author\/karla-makowski\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Configurations","term_url":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/docs\/mobile-device-management\/windows-mdm\/configurations-windows-mdm\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/68387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68387"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/68387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68404,"href":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/68387\/revisions\/68404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=68387"},{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=68387"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.applivery.com\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=68387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}