How To Close Online Accounts And Services When Someone Dies
Step-by-step instructions on how to close more than 230 digital (and some non-digital) services… and the list keeps on growing.
What if you wanted to completely unplug and delete or cancel all of your digital accounts? (Except, of course, for your Everplans account. Hint, hint!) How many accounts do you have? Between email, social media, entertainment, shopping, finance, health, probably way more than you think.
We’re here to help. Below is an alphabetized list of more than 230 popular services and how to cancel each and every one. While the main focus is how to close these accounts after someone dies, digital estate planning laws, which are handled on a state-by-state basis, are drastically behind the times. Currently, the majority of people are at the mercy of the "Terms and Conditions" set forth by each specific digital service offered. (Example: Currently, everything you bought on Apple's iTunes expires upon your death. Doesn't seem fair, does it?) Until legislation catches up to reality, it's important to share important information with someone you trust and let them know what you want done when you're gone.
But rather that focus solely on death, this is also a robust snapshot of the many services available on this great internet of ours. And, while we’re not here to judge, if you still have an active MySpace account then it might be time to do some spring cleaning. [Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com]
AAA
ACADEMIA
How To Close An Academia Account
ACCENTUDATE
How To Close An Accentudate Account
ACTIVISION
How To Close An Activision Account
ADDTHIS
How To Close An AddThis Account
ADIDAS
How To Close An Adidas Account
ADOBE
AIRBNB
How To Close an Airbnb Account
ALIBABA
AMAZON
How To Close an Amazon Account
ANCESTRY.COM
How To Close an Ancestry.com Account
AOL
APARTMENT THERAPY
How To Close An Apartment Therapy Account
APPLE
ASHLEY MADISON
How To Close an Ashley Madison Account
ASK.FM
How To Close An Ask.fm Account
AT&T
How To Close An AT&T Wireless Account
BABYCENTER
How To Close A BabyCenter Account
BANDMIX
How To Close A Bandmix Account
BARNES & NOBLE
How To Close a Barnes & Noble Account
BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY (BBC)
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
How To Delete A Beautiful People Account
BEST BUY
BING
BITLY
BLENDR
BLOOMBERG
How To Close A Bloomberg Account
BLUE APRON
How To Close a Blue Apron Account
BLUEHOST
How To Close a Bluehost Account
BOINGO
BOOKING.COM
How To Close A Booking.com Account
BOX
BUZZFEED
How To Delete A Buzzfeed Account
CAFEPRESS
How To Close a CafePress Account
CARE.COM
How To Close A Care.com Account
CAREERBUILDER
How To Close a CareerBuilder.com Account
CHANGE.ORG
How To Close A Change.org Account
CHRISTIAN MINGLE
How To Close a Christian Mingle Account
CLASSMATES
How To Close A Classmates Account
COMCAST/X-FINITY
How To Close A Comcast/Xfinity Account
COUPON MOM
How To Close A CouponMom Account
CRAIGSLIST
How To Close a Craigslist Account
CRUNCHYROLL
How To Close A Crunchyroll Account
DAILYMILE
How To Close A Dailymile Account
DAILYMOTION
How To Close A Dailymotion Account
DEVIANTART
How To Close A DeviantArt Account
DIRECTV
How To Close A DirecTV Account
DISH NETWORK
How To Close A Dish Network Account
DISQUS
DOSOMETHING
How To Close A DoSomething Account
DOWN
DROPBOX
How To Close A Dropbox Account
EA ORIGIN
How To Close An EA Origin Account
EBAY
EHARMONY
How To Close an eHarmony Account
ENGLISH, BABY!
How To Close An English, baby! Account
EPICURIOUS
How To Close An Epicurious Account
ESPN
ETRADE
How To Close an E-Trade Account
ETSY
EVENTBRITE
How To Close An Eventbrite Account
EVERNOTE
How To Close An Evernote Account
EVERYMOVE
How To Close An EveryMove Account
EXPEDIA
How To Close an Expedia Account
How To Close A Facebook Account
FANDANGO
How To Close a Fandango Account
FANPOP
FEDEX
FIFA
FILEFACTORY
How To Close A FileFactory Account
FITBIT
FLICKR
How To Close A Flipboard Account
FORBES
FOURSQUARE
How To Close A Foursquare Account
FRESHDIRECT
How To Close a FreshDirect Account
GAMESTOP
How To Close A GameStop Account
GENEANET
How To Close A Geneanet Account
GENI
GITHUB
GMX
GO DADDY
How To Close a GoDaddy.com Account
GOODREADS
How To Close a Goodreads Account
GRINDR
GROUPON
How To Close A Groupon Account
GRUBHUB
How To Close a GrubHub Account
HELLOWALLET
How To Close a HelloWallet Account
HELLOSIGN
How To Close A HelloSign Account
HI5
HIPCHAT
How To Close A HipChat Account
HIPMUNK
How To Close A Hipmunk Account
HISTATS
How To Close A Histats Account
HOOTSUITE
How To Close A Hootsuite Account
HOT OR NOT
How To Close A Hot or Not Account
HOTELS.COM
How To Close a Hotels.com Account
HOTWIRE
How To Close a Hotwire Account
HULU
IGN
IMAGECHEF
How To Close An ImageChef Account
IMAGESHACK
How To Close an ImageShack Account
IMDB
IMGUR
INDEED
How To Close An Indeed Account
INDIEGOGO
How To Close An Indiegogo Account
INSTACART
How To Close an Instacart Account
How To Close An Instagram Account
INSTAPAPER
How To Close An Instapaper Account
IQ ELITE
How To Close An IQ Elite Account
JDATE
JET.COM
How To Close a Jet.com Account
JIMDO
KAYAK
KICKSTARTER
How To Close a Kickstarter Account
KIK
KLOUT
LAST.FM
How To Close A Last.fm Account
LASTPASS
How To Close A LastPass Account
LAUNCHPAD
How To Close A Launchpad Account
LAVALIFE
How To Close A Lavalife Account
LEGO
LETTERBOXD
How To Close A Letterboxd Account
LIFEKNOT
How To Close A Lifeknot Account
How To Close A LinkedIn Account
LIVEJOURNAL
How To Close a LiveJournal Account
LIVELEAK
How To Close A LiveLeak Account
LOOKBOOK
How To Close A Lookbook Account
LOSE IT!
How To Close A Lose It! Account
LULU
LYFT
MAILCHIMP
How To Close A MailChimp Account
MAP MY RUN
How To Close A MapMyRun Account
MASHABLE
How To Close A Mashable Account
MATCH
How To Close A Match.com Account
MCAFEE
MEDIUM
MEETME
MEETUP
MEMRISE
How To Close A Memrise Account
MICROSOFT
How To Close A Microsoft Account
MINT
MIXCLOUD
How To Close A MixCloud Account
MLB.TV
MONSTER
How To Close a Monster.com Account
MYSPACE
How To Close A Myspace Account
NBA.TV
How To Close an NBA.tv Account
NETFLIX
How To Close A Netflix Account
NETVIBES
How To Close A Netvibes Account
THE NEW YORK TIMES
How To Close a New York Times Account
NEWSBLUR
How To Close A NewsBlur Account
NEXTDOOR
How To Close A Nextdoor Account
NFL.COM
How To Close an NFL.com Account
NHL.COM
How To Close an NHL.com Account
NIKE+ FUELBAND
How To Close a Nike FuelBand Account
NINTENDO
How To Close A Nintendo Account
OKCUPID
How To Close an OkCupid Account
OOVOO
ORBITZ
How To Close an Orbitz Account
PALRINGO
How To Close A Palringo Account
PANDORA
How To Close A Pandora Account
PAYPAL
PEERBY
PHOTOBUCKET
How To Close A Photobucket Account
PHOTOPEACH
How To Close A PhotoPeach Account
PICCSY
How To Close A Pinterest Account
PLAYSTATION
How To Close A PlayStation Account
PLENTY OF FISH
How To Close a Plenty of Fish Account
POCKETSMITH
How To Close A Pocketsmith Account
POKEMON GO
How To Close A Pokémon Go Account
POLLDADDY
How To Close A Polldaddy Account
POSTCROSSING
How To Close A Postcrossing Account
PREZI
PRICELINE
How To Close a Priceline.com Account
QUIZLET
How To Close A Quizlet Account
QUORA
RAKUTEN
How To Close A Rakuten Account
REDBUBBLE
How To Close A Redbubble Account
ROTTEN TOMATOES
How To Delete A Rotten Tomatoes Account
ROVIO
RUNKEEPER
How To Close A RunKeeper Account
SAMSUNG
How To Close A Samsung Account
SCRIBD
SEAMLESS
How To Close A Seamless Account
SHOPIFY
How To Close a Shopify Account
SHUTTERFLY
How To Close A Shutterfly Account
SKYPE
SNAPCHAT
How To Close A Snapchat Account
SONY
How To Close A Sony Entertainment Network Account
SOUNDCLOUD
How To Close A SoundCloud Account
SPOTIFY
How To Close A Spotify Account
SPRINT
SQUARE
STARBUCKS
How To Close a Starbucks Account
STEAM
STUBHUB
How To Close a StubHub Account
STUMBLEUPON
How To Close A StumbleUpon Account
TANGO.ME
How To Close A Tango.me Account
TARGET
How To Close A Target.com Account
TASKRABBIT
How To Close a TaskRabbit Account
TED
TICKETMASTER
How To Close A Ticketmaster Account
TIME WARNER CABLE
How To Close A Time Warner Cable Account
TINDER
TIVO
T-MOBILE
How To Close A T-Mobile Account
TRAVELOCITY
How To Close a Travelocity Account
TRIPADVISOR
How To Close a TripAdvisor Account
TRIVAGO
How To Close a Trivago Account
TUMBLR
TWEETDECK
How To Close a TweetDeck Account
TWITCH
How To Delete A Twitch Account
How To Close A Twitter Account
UBER
UPS
VERIZON
How To Close A Verizon Account
VIMEO
VINE
WALMART
How To Close a Walmart Account
WAZE
WEB.COM
How To Cloase A Web.com (formerly Register.com) Account
WEBMD
WEEBLY
WEIGHTWATCHERS
How To Close a WeightWatchers Account
How To Close A WhatsApp Account
WIKIPEDIA
How To Close A Wikipedia Account
WORDPRESS
How To Close A Wordpress Account
WUNDERLIST
How To Close a Wunderlust Account
XBOX
YAHOO
YELP
YOUTUBE
How To Close a YouTube Account
ZOOSK
ZYNGA
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