- hosts: demo gather_facts: no tasks: - name: "Get user home directory path" ansible.builtin.shell: cmd: "getent passwd {{ account.username }} | cut -d: -f6" register: user_home_dir ignore_errors: yes - name: "Check if user home directory exists" ansible.builtin.stat: path: "{{ user_home_dir.stdout }}" register: home_dir when: user_home_dir.stdout != "" - name: "Rename user home directory if it exists" ansible.builtin.command: cmd: "mv {{ user_home_dir.stdout }} {{ user_home_dir.stdout }}.bak" when: home_dir.stat.exists and user_home_dir.stdout != "" - name: "Remove account" ansible.builtin.user: name: "{{ account.username }}" state: absent remove: "{{ home_dir.stat.exists }}"