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Account deletion guides
Step-by-step instructions to delete your accounts and remove your personal data from popular platforms. Want to find every account tied to your email and username first? Start a Tracebase scan.
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5Creative
7How to delete your Blogger accountEasy5 minutes (instant if you choose "Permanently delete"; otherwise the blog sits in "Trashed blogs" for a limited restore window)How to delete your Canva accountEasyAbout 5 minutes to submit; the account is actually deleted 14 days laterHow to delete your Fiverr accountModerateAbout 5 minutes in the iOS/Android app; longer if you have to route the deletion through Customer Support from a desktop browserHow to delete your Kickstarter accountModerateA few minutes to submit, plus an email verification round-trip. Kickstarter does not publish how long it takes to process the request. Permanent and irreversible once processed.How to delete your VSCO accountModerateAbout 10 minutes to submit; several hours for the data to actually disappearHow to delete your Wattpad accountEasy5 minutes to close; approximately 6 months before data is purgedHow to delete your WordPress.com accountModerate10 minutes to submit; 30 days until data is permanently purged
Data Brokers
9How to delete your BeenVerified accountModerate24–72 hoursHow to delete your FastPeopleSearch accountEasy24–72 hoursHow to delete your Intelius accountModerate1–2 weeksHow to delete your MyLife accountDifficult10 business daysHow to delete your Radaris accountDifficultDays to weeks (frequent re-creation)How to delete your Spokeo accountModerate24–72 hours (recurring re-creation)How to delete your TruePeopleSearch accountEasy24 hoursHow to delete your Truthfinder accountModerate1–2 weeksHow to delete your Whitepages accountModerate24–72 hours (then reappears periodically)
Developer & Tech
7How to delete your Adobe accountModerateinstantHow to delete your Apple ID accountDifficult7 daysHow to delete your Dropbox accountEasy60 daysHow to delete your GitHub accountEasyinstantHow to delete your GitLab accountEasy7 daysHow to delete your Gravatar accountEasyinstantHow to delete your Notion accountModerate30 days
Education
1Finance
9How to delete your Buy Me a Coffee accountModerate30 daysHow to delete your Cash App accountModerate15 minutes in-app, plus 1-3 business days for funds to clear; records retained for years afterwardHow to delete your Coinbase accountModerateinstantHow to delete your GoFundMe accountModerate10 minutes to submit; 30-45 days for GoFundMe to processHow to delete your Gumroad accountModerate30 daysHow to delete your Ko-fi accountModerate30 daysHow to delete your Patreon accountModerateinstantHow to delete your PayPal accountModerate7+ years (for transaction records)How to delete your Venmo accountEasy5 minutes
Gaming
8How to delete your Epic Games accountEasy14 daysHow to delete your Minecraft accountDifficult10 minutes to file the request, then a 30-day grace period before deletion is finalHow to delete your Nintendo Account accountModerate30 daysHow to delete your PlayStation Network accountDifficult2–4 weeksHow to delete your Roblox accountDifficult30 daysHow to delete your RuneScape accountModerate10 minutes to submit; 30 days to process (up to 90 days for complex cases; 45 + 45 days for US state-law requests)How to delete your Steam accountModerate30 daysHow to delete your Xbox / Microsoft Gaming accountDifficult60 days
Health & Fitness
1Media
4How to delete your Fandom accountModerate5 minutes to request; 30 days until permanentHow to delete your GIPHY accountEasy5 minutes (longer if you delete uploaded GIFs individually first)How to delete your Scribd accountModerate5 minutes on the web, but up to a full billing cycle if you have paid subscription time left to run out; Everand's virtual-assistant route may take a few business daysHow to delete your Vimeo accountEasy5 minutes to delete; allow 1-2 hours first to download videos one at a time
Productivity
3How to delete your Microsoft Account accountModerateAbout 10 minutes to submit, then a mandatory 30- or 60-day re-open window before permanent deletionHow to delete your Trello accountModerate10 minutes to request, then a 14-day grace period before permanent deletionHow to delete your Upwork accountModerate10-30 minutes once all activity is cleared. Client company owners who have closed hourly contracts must additionally wait for that week's billing cycle to end, which can add several days.
Public Records
3Shopping
4How to delete your Depop accountModerateAbout 5 minutes on iOS; Android and web go through a support ticket with no published turnaroundHow to delete your Discogs accountEasy5 minutes to close; up to 30 days for a formal erasure request; seller ID documents retained up to 7 yearsHow to delete your Poshmark accountModerateAbout 5 minutes to click through once your balances are settled. If you have just requested a redemption, Poshmark says it "requires up to 10 business days from the time a redemption request is made prior to completing an account deletion", and the public request page says processing "may take a few days". Transaction records can persist about 7 years.How to delete your Redbubble accountEasyAbout 5 minutes to cancel; accrued earnings are paid out during the following monthly payment period (payments start at the beginning of the month and should land by the 15th)
Shopping & Retail
3Social
7How to delete your Imgur accountEasy5 minutes — deletion is irreversible and there is no reactivation optionHow to delete your Linktree accountEasy5 minutes (username and email cannot be reused for 14 days)How to delete your LiveJournal accountEasyAbout 2 minutes to submit; the account then sits in deleted status for 3 years before it becomes eligible for purgingHow to delete your Myspace accountModerateAbout 5 minutes if you can still sign in on a computer. If you must use the Delete Profile Form, no turnaround is published — the only official figure is Myspace's 2025 CCPA metrics, which report an average of 8 days to fulfill each consumer rights request.How to delete your Nextdoor accountEasyAbout 5 minutes to complete the on-screen flow. Deletion is irreversible, and Nextdoor publishes no timeline for removal from its backend systems; some records are retained for legal and safety purposes.How to delete your Threads accountEasy5 minutes to request; 30 days until permanent, up to 90 days for full removalHow to delete your VK accountEasy5 minutes to submit; 210 days (7 months) before permanent deletion
Social Media
14How to delete your Behance accountEasyinstantHow to delete your Bluesky accountEasyinstantHow to delete your DeviantArt accountModerate21 daysHow to delete your Facebook accountModerate30–90 daysHow to delete your Flickr accountEasyinstantHow to delete your Instagram accountModerate30 daysHow to delete your LinkedIn accountEasy30 daysHow to delete your Mastodon accountEasy30+ days (federated cleanup)How to delete your Pinterest accountEasy14 daysHow to delete your Reddit accountModerateinstantHow to delete your Snapchat accountEasy30 daysHow to delete your TikTok accountEasy30 daysHow to delete your Tumblr accountEasyinstantHow to delete your X (Twitter) accountEasy30 days
Streaming & Media
10How to delete your Bandcamp accountModerate30 daysHow to delete your IMDb accountModerate30 daysHow to delete your Kick accountDifficult2–6 weeksHow to delete your Last.fm accountEasyinstantHow to delete your Letterboxd accountEasyinstantHow to delete your Netflix accountEasy10 months for full data purgeHow to delete your SoundCloud accountEasyinstantHow to delete your Spotify accountEasy7 daysHow to delete your Twitch accountEasyinstantHow to delete your YouTube accountDifficultinstant