Homebrew Deleting Wii U user without NID password?

Hapapa · Jan 4, 2018

Hi guys. Long story short I have an unused account somebody I don't associate with anymore made on my Wii U and I really, really want to stop seeing it every time I boot, but I can't really afford to contact this person at the same time.

Is there any way that I can delete their account without Nintendo's help? Googling about it I found an older thread where people mentioned ftpiu everywhere, so are there any known ways to pull this off using that? There aren't any games tied to this user so losing tickets wouldn't be an issue.

jbuck1975 · Jan 4, 2018

Just did it the other day

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Let me find the files on wiiu

Hapapa · Jan 4, 2018

Oh right, I saw you mentioned you managed to do it in another thread, but I wasn't sure whether you were still active. That'd be much appreciated.

jbuck1975 · Jan 5, 2018

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Each folder is a different account. Click on folder and view/edit account.dat to look at information. When you find the correct one delete the folder example 800001, 800002, 800003, etc. Then restart wii u

Hapapa · Jan 5, 2018

That worked perfectly. Thanks a ton for taking the time to help!

xfighter11 · Jan 6, 2018

jbuck1975 said:
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Each folder is a different account. Click on folder and view/edit account.dat to look at information. When you find the correct one delete the folder example 800001, 800002, 800003, etc. Then restart wii u

@jbuck1975: Which program are you using to access the Wii U and what is the FTP address?

MeAndHax · Jan 6, 2018

xfighter11 said:
@jbuck1975: Which program are you using to access the Wii U and what is the FTP address?

FileZilla

xfighter11 · Jan 6, 2018

MeAndHax said:
FileZilla

Found it out, and how do I know which is the right user?

MeAndHax · Jan 6, 2018

xfighter11 said:
Found it out, and how do I know which is the right user?

Check in account.dat

xfighter11 · Jan 6, 2018

MeAndHax said:
Check in account.dat

OK, found it. But deleting the 80000003 doesn't delete the unwanted account. If I reboot the Wii U the account (and the folder as well) is there again

jbuck1975 · Jan 6, 2018

May have to use power button to turn off wii u

mudkippi · Jan 7, 2018

@jbuck1975 Is it possible to get the nnid password from account.dat itself? I bought a secondhand Wii U which had haxchi already installed, but the seller never told me the password and I have noway to contact him now.

jbuck1975 · Jan 7, 2018

mudkippi said:
@jbuck1975 Is it possible to get the nnid password from account.dat itself? I bought a secondhand Wii U which had haxchi already installed, but the seller never told me the password and I have noway to contact him now.

I don't know how. They are encrypted and probably can't

The Real Jdbye · Jan 7, 2018

I can't believe this feature isn't built in to the Wii U OS. I take it for granted, to the degree that I've never even bothered to look.

mudkippi · Jan 8, 2018

jbuck1975 said:
I don't know how. They are encrypted and probably can't

Haha thanks for your answer. Just notice that the owner's email address is also in the account.dat file. Hope they will reply lol

punderino · Jan 8, 2018

Not just using Account Manager to do it smh

jbuck1975 · Jan 8, 2018

punderino said:
Not just using Account Manager to do it smh

What do you mean?

Txustra · Jan 8, 2018

Thank you very much. I needed to do this so badly.

punderino · Jan 9, 2018

jbuck1975 said:
What do you mean?

There's a tool called Account Manager, it's a addon to System Config Tool.

Deleted User · Jan 17, 2018

punderino said:
There's a tool called Account Manager, it's a addon to System Config Tool.

Alright, but how would you (SAFELY) use that on Sysnand?

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