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? Run a free Tracebase scan.
Communication
Creative
How to delete your Blogger account
Easy· 5 minutes (instant if you choose "Permanently delete"; otherwise the blog sits in "Trashed blogs" for a limited restore window)
How to delete your Canva account
Easy· About 5 minutes to submit; the account is actually deleted 14 days later
How to delete your Fiverr account
Moderate· About 5 minutes in the iOS/Android app; longer if you have to route the deletion through Customer Support from a desktop browser
How to delete your Kickstarter account
Moderate· A 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 account
Moderate· About 10 minutes to submit; several hours for the data to actually disappear
How to delete your Wattpad account
Easy· 5 minutes to close; approximately 6 months before data is purged
How to delete your WordPress.com account
Moderate· 10 minutes to submit; 30 days until data is permanently purged
Data Brokers
How to delete your BeenVerified account
Moderate· 24–72 hours
How to delete your FastPeopleSearch account
Easy· 24–72 hours
How to delete your Intelius account
Moderate· 1–2 weeks
How to delete your MyLife account
Difficult· 10 business days
How to delete your Radaris account
Difficult· Days to weeks (frequent re-creation)
How to delete your Spokeo account
Moderate· 24–72 hours (recurring re-creation)
How to delete your TruePeopleSearch account
Easy· 24 hours
How to delete your Truthfinder account
Moderate· 1–2 weeks
How to delete your Whitepages account
Moderate· 24–72 hours (then reappears periodically)
Developer & Tech
How to delete your Adobe account
Moderate· instant
How to delete your Apple ID account
Difficult· 7 days
How to delete your Dropbox account
Easy· 60 days
How to delete your GitHub account
Easy· instant
How to delete your GitLab account
Easy· 7 days
How to delete your Gravatar account
Easy· instant
How to delete your Notion account
Moderate· 30 days
Education
Finance
How to delete your Buy Me a Coffee account
Moderate· 30 days
How to delete your Cash App account
Moderate· 15 minutes in-app, plus 1-3 business days for funds to clear; records retained for years afterward
How to delete your Coinbase account
Moderate· instant
How to delete your GoFundMe account
Moderate· 10 minutes to submit; 30-45 days for GoFundMe to process
How to delete your Gumroad account
Moderate· 30 days
How to delete your Ko-fi account
Moderate· 30 days
How to delete your Patreon account
Moderate· instant
How to delete your PayPal account
Moderate· 7+ years (for transaction records)
How to delete your Venmo account
Easy· 5 minutes
Gaming
How to delete your Epic Games account
Easy· 14 days
How to delete your Minecraft account
Difficult· 10 minutes to file the request, then a 30-day grace period before deletion is final
How to delete your Nintendo Account account
Moderate· 30 days
How to delete your PlayStation Network account
Difficult· 2–4 weeks
How to delete your Roblox account
Difficult· 30 days
How to delete your RuneScape account
Moderate· 10 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 account
Moderate· 30 days
How to delete your Xbox / Microsoft Gaming account
Difficult· 60 days
Health & Fitness
Media
How to delete your Fandom account
Moderate· 5 minutes to request; 30 days until permanent
How to delete your GIPHY account
Easy· 5 minutes (longer if you delete uploaded GIFs individually first)
How to delete your Scribd account
Moderate· 5 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 days
How to delete your Vimeo account
Easy· 5 minutes to delete; allow 1-2 hours first to download videos one at a time
Productivity
How to delete your Microsoft Account account
Moderate· About 10 minutes to submit, then a mandatory 30- or 60-day re-open window before permanent deletion
How to delete your Trello account
Moderate· 10 minutes to request, then a 14-day grace period before permanent deletion
How to delete your Upwork account
Moderate· 10-30 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
Shopping
How to delete your Depop account
Moderate· About 5 minutes on iOS; Android and web go through a support ticket with no published turnaround
How to delete your Discogs account
Easy· 5 minutes to close; up to 30 days for a formal erasure request; seller ID documents retained up to 7 years
How to delete your Poshmark account
Moderate· About 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 account
Easy· About 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
Social
How to delete your Imgur account
Easy· 5 minutes — deletion is irreversible and there is no reactivation option
How to delete your Linktree account
Easy· 5 minutes (username and email cannot be reused for 14 days)
How to delete your LiveJournal account
Easy· About 2 minutes to submit; the account then sits in deleted status for 3 years before it becomes eligible for purging
How to delete your Myspace account
Moderate· About 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 account
Easy· About 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 account
Easy· 5 minutes to request; 30 days until permanent, up to 90 days for full removal
How to delete your VK account
Easy· 5 minutes to submit; 210 days (7 months) before permanent deletion
Social Media
How to delete your Behance account
Easy· instant
How to delete your Bluesky account
Easy· instant
How to delete your DeviantArt account
Moderate· 21 days
How to delete your Facebook account
Moderate· 30–90 days
How to delete your Flickr account
Easy· instant
How to delete your Instagram account
Moderate· 30 days
How to delete your LinkedIn account
Easy· 30 days
How to delete your Mastodon account
Easy· 30+ days (federated cleanup)
How to delete your Pinterest account
Easy· 14 days
How to delete your Reddit account
Moderate· instant
How to delete your Snapchat account
Easy· 30 days
How to delete your TikTok account
Easy· 30 days
How to delete your Tumblr account
Easy· instant
How to delete your X (Twitter) account
Easy· 30 days
Streaming & Media
How to delete your Bandcamp account
Moderate· 30 days
How to delete your IMDb account
Moderate· 30 days
How to delete your Kick account
Difficult· 2–6 weeks
How to delete your Last.fm account
Easy· instant
How to delete your Letterboxd account
Easy· instant
How to delete your Netflix account
Easy· 10 months for full data purge
How to delete your SoundCloud account
Easy· instant
How to delete your Spotify account
Easy· 7 days
How to delete your Twitch account
Easy· instant
How to delete your YouTube account
Difficult· instant