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Delete a super administrator in Joomla

This tutorial will show you how to change the default admin username in Joomla

1) Click Site

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2) Then User Manager

Let’s see what happens when we try to delete a super admin

3) Check the box next to the user

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4) Then click Delete

Joomla will give you an error message

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Now let’s change the user’s group

5) Select the user

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Scroll right

6) Click Edit

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7) Choose a new group for the user

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Scroll right

8) Click Apply

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Now that the changes have been applied, we can either block or delete the user. Let’s see how to block a user first

Scroll down

9) Check Yes next to Block User

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Scroll up and right

10) Click Save

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The user has now been blocked as is indicated by this red icon

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Now let’s see how to delete a user

11) Check the box next to the user

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12) Then click Delete

The user has now been deleted

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to block or delete a super administrator in Joomlaframe18_122

This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to block or delete a super administrator in Joomla

 

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