How to see hidden accounts on Mac?Solved

Participant
Discussion
10 months ago

Hey everyone,

I need some help with something going on in one of our computer labs. It seems like there are a couple of local accounts on our Macs that are hidden from the admin accounts. When I log in from the lab’s admin account, I can’t see these accounts. But when I log in with the hidden account’s credentials, everything shows up fine.

Any idea how I can unhide these accounts so I can update their passwords and make other changes?

If I install an application while logged in as the admin, will it also be accessible to hidden accounts?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Replies (1)

Marked SolutionPending Review
Participant
10 months ago
Marked SolutionPending Review

Hey @nevaeh! To unhide those accounts, just run this command in the Terminal while logged into the admin account:

Just replace hiddenuseraccountname with the actual username of the hidden account. If you want to hide them again later, use this command:

And yeah, any software you install as the admin will be available for the hidden accounts too, so no worries there 😊

Save