Comments on: Delete Windows XP NTUSER.DAT File Free Up Disk Space

By: Tink

Tink — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:47:16 +0000

If you are in a domain setting then deleting ntuser.dat files on unused profiles (IE the entire profile folder) IS ok to do, assuming the profile in question is not the Administrator account.

By: rupesh gujar

rupesh gujar — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:51:55 +0000

i had 3 unused profile& i could delete 1 profiles ntuser.dat file , but why not others? i dont know.May be it is required file

By: gorillaki

gorillaki — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:28:16 +0000

Deleting ntuser.dat isn’t dangerous at all- but of course MOVING the file instead of deleting it is always the better idea, in case something goes wrong. In that case, you can always login as another (admin) user and restore the file.
Of course doing so requires no autologin, and some other user acccount being present.
Sure enough, dumb users shouldn’t delete that file, but I’m pretty sure thay can find other, easier ways to irreperably screw their system.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:31:39 +0000

Under no circumstances should you delete Ntuser.dat. The stores your entire personal Registry hive. And if deleted you will have to reinstall the OS 9/10 times. The one time in a long shot it doesn’t require and install be ready for every error you have seen in your life as your entire registry will be incorrect. This is not an option if you are running out of disk space. for all you downloader. make mp3 discs of music and run your music from cd drive. get ATF cleaner and run it. OR get a new hard drive. IT’s better than loosing everything from doing an OS reinstall.

By: dingus

dingus — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:21:24 +0000

Do NOT do what this writer suggests. If you do do this then you DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING … and so, as the author suggests, you should not do it. Seriously. Don’t do it.

By: Ravi

Ravi — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:01:22 +0000

I would not delete the ntuser.dat.
did it once and could not boot. Had to fresh install.

This article is in rather bad taste.

By: tony

tony — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:02:48 +0000

Thanks for reminding about taking precaution in deleting NTUSER.DAT.

By: James

James — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:21:05 +0000

I really hope this was your idea (in poor taste, nonetheless) of an April Fool’s joke. Delete the NTUSER.dat file? Seriously? While you are at it you should go ahead and revoke your logon credentials…OH wait.. You meant to hose your system anyway, so why bother. This is a very poor idea, even in theory. Please, don’t suggest this file for deletion, as it is a REQUIRED system file.Yes, it will get rebuilt, as you are going to have to REBUILD ALL OF YOUR PROFILE SETTINGS, since this will remove all of them..Man oh man , I could go on for days as to how ridiculous this ‘tip’ is.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:03:06 +0000

What the hell?! ntuser.dat is a REQUIRED system file! That file stores all the specific information for the given profile. Specifically, it is everything in HKEY_CURRENT_USER in the registry.

Do NOT delete that file as it could severely screw up your installed programs as well as windows itself!