It sucks, but I think reinstalling is the easiest way to fix this. Don't forget to change ownership this time.
Ubuntu uses GDM: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GDM
Hide user from login list
The users for the gdm user list are gathered by AccountsService. It will automatically hide system users (UID < 1000). To hide ordinary users from the login list create or edit a file named after the user to hide in /var/lib/AccountsService/users/ to contain at least:
/var/lib/AccountsService/users/username
[User] SystemAccount=true
Thank you for the hint, but disabling the unneeded user just caused the welcome screen to show up again. I just reinstalled it now.
Have tried autologin
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