diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-ghost b/src/freedombone-app-ghost
index 0ad21768..8ca46466 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-ghost
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-ghost
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ function remove_ghost {
     read_config_param "GHOST_DOMAIN_NAME"
     nginx_dissite $GHOST_DOMAIN_NAME
     remove_certs ${GHOST_DOMAIN_NAME}
-    deluser -r ghost
+    deluser --remove-all-files ghost
     if [ -f /etc/nginx/sites-available/$GHOST_DOMAIN_NAME ]; then
         rm -f /etc/nginx/sites-available/$GHOST_DOMAIN_NAME
     fi
diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-jitsi b/src/freedombone-app-jitsi
index 59038919..736c4fb9 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-jitsi
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-jitsi
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ function remove_jitsi {
     if [ -d /etc/jitsi ]; then
         rm -rf /etc/jitsi
     fi
-    deluser -r jitsi
+    deluser --remove-all-files jitsi
     if [ -d /usr/share/jitsi-videobridge ]; then
         rm -rf /usr/share/jitsi-videobridge
     fi