How To Close Online Accounts And Services When Someone Dies

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

How To Close a AAA Membership

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

How To Close an Adobe Account

AIRBNB

How To Close an Airbnb Account

ALIBABA

How To Close an Alibaba

AMAZON

How To Close an Amazon Account

ANCESTRY.COM

How To Close an Ancestry.com Account

AOL

How To Close An AOL Account

APARTMENT THERAPY

How To Close An Apartment Therapy Account

APPLE

How To Close An Apple Account

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)

How To Close A BBC Account

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

How To Delete A Beautiful People Account

BEST BUY

How To Close a My Best Buy

BING

How To Close A Bing Account

BITLY

How To Close a Bitly Account

BLENDR

How To Close a Blendr Account

BLOOMBERG

How To Close A Bloomberg Account

BLUE APRON

How To Close a Blue Apron Account

BLUEHOST

How To Close a Bluehost Account

BOINGO

How To Close A Boingo

BOOKING.COM

How To Close A Booking.com Account

BOX

How To Close a Box Account

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

How To Close A Disqus Account

DOSOMETHING

How To Close A DoSomething Account

DOWN

How To Close a Down Account

DROPBOX

How To Close A Dropbox Account

EA ORIGIN

How To Close An EA Origin Account

EBAY

How To Close An eBay Account

EHARMONY

How To Close an eHarmony Account

ENGLISH, BABY!

How To Close An English, baby! Account

EPICURIOUS

How To Close An Epicurious Account

ESPN

How To Close An ESPN Account

ETRADE

How To Close an E-Trade Account

ETSY

How To Close An Etsy Account

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

FACEBOOK

How To Close A Facebook Account

FANDANGO

How To Close a Fandango Account

FANPOP

How To Close A Fanpop Account

FEDEX

How To Close A FedEx Account

FIFA

How To Close a FIFA Account

FILEFACTORY

How To Close A FileFactory Account

FITBIT

How To Close a Fitbit Account

FLICKR

How To Close a Flickr Account

FLIPBOARD

How To Close A Flipboard Account

FORBES

How To Close A Forbes Account

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

How To Close A Geni Account

GITHUB

How To Close a GitHub Account

GMX

How To Close A GMX Account

GO DADDY

How To Close a GoDaddy.com Account

GOODREADS

How To Close a Goodreads Account

GOOGLE

How To Close A Google Account

GRINDR

How To Close a Grindr Account

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

How To Close A Hi5 Account

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

How To Close A Hulu Account

IGN

How To Close An IGN Account

IMAGECHEF

How To Close An ImageChef Account

IMAGESHACK

How To Close an ImageShack Account

IMDB

How To Close An IMDb Account

IMGUR

How To Close an Imgur Account

INDEED

How To Close An Indeed Account

INDIEGOGO

How To Close An Indiegogo Account

INSTACART

How To Close an Instacart Account

INSTAGRAM

How To Close An Instagram Account

INSTAPAPER

How To Close An Instapaper Account

IQ ELITE

How To Close An IQ Elite Account

JDATE

How To Close a JDate Account

JET.COM

How To Close a Jet.com Account

JIMDO

How To Close A Jimdo Account

KAYAK

How To Close a Kayak Account

KICKSTARTER

How To Close a Kickstarter Account

KIK

How To Close a Kik Account

KLOUT

How To Close A Klout Account

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

How To Close A LEGO Account

LETTERBOXD

How To Close A Letterboxd Account

LIFEKNOT

How To Close A Lifeknot Account

LINKEDIN

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

How To Close A Lulu Account

LYFT

How To Close a Lyft Account

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

How To Close a McAfee Account

MEDIUM

How To Close A Medium Account

MEETME

How To Close A MeetMe Account

MEETUP

How To Close A Meetup Account

MEMRISE

How To Close A Memrise Account

MICROSOFT

How To Close A Microsoft Account

MINT

How To Close a Mint Account

MIXCLOUD

How To Close A MixCloud Account

MLB.TV

How To an MLB.tv Account

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

How To Close an ooVoo Account

ORBITZ

How To Close an Orbitz Account

PALRINGO

How To Close A Palringo Account

PANDORA

How To Close A Pandora Account

PAYPAL

How To Close A PayPal Account

PEERBY

How To Close A Peerby Account

PHOTOBUCKET

How To Close A Photobucket Account

PHOTOPEACH

How To Close A PhotoPeach Account

PICCSY

How To Close A Piccsy Account

PINTEREST

How To Close A Pinterest Account

PLAYSTATION

How To Close A PlayStation Account

PLENTY OF FISH

How To Close a Plenty of Fish Account

POCKET

How To Close A Pocket 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

How To Close A Prezi Account

PRICELINE

How To Close a Priceline.com Account

QUIZLET

How To Close A Quizlet Account

QUORA

How To Close A Quora Account

RAKUTEN

How To Close A Rakuten Account

REDBUBBLE

How To Close A Redbubble Account

REDDIT

How To Close A Reddit Account

ROTTEN TOMATOES

How To Delete A Rotten Tomatoes Account

ROVIO

How To Close A Rovio Account

RUNKEEPER

How To Close A RunKeeper Account

SAMSUNG

How To Close A Samsung Account

SCRIBD

How To Close A Scribd Account

SEAMLESS

How To Close A Seamless Account

SHOPIFY

How To Close a Shopify Account

SHUTTERFLY

How To Close A Shutterfly Account

SKYPE

How To Close A Skype Account

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

How To Close A Sprint Account

SQUARE

How To Close A Square Account

STARBUCKS

How To Close a Starbucks Account

STEAM

How To Close A Steam Account

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

How To Close A TED Account

TICKETMASTER

How To Close A Ticketmaster Account

TIME WARNER CABLE

How To Close A Time Warner Cable Account

TINDER

How To Close a Tinder Account

TIVO

How To Close A TiVo Account

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

How To Close A Tumblr Account

TWEETDECK

How To Close a TweetDeck Account

TWITCH

How To Delete A Twitch Account

TWITTER

How To Close A Twitter Account

UBER

How To Close an Uber Account

UPS

How To Close A UPS Account

VERIZON

How To Close A Verizon Account

VIMEO

How To Close a Vimeo Account

VINE

How To Close a Vine Account

WALMART

How To Close a Walmart Account

WAZE

How To Close a Waze Account

WEB.COM

How To Cloase A Web.com (formerly Register.com) Account

WEBMD

How To Close A WebMD Account

WEEBLY

How To Close A Weebly Account

WEIGHTWATCHERS

How To Close a WeightWatchers Account

WHATSAPP

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

How To Close An Xbox Account

YAHOO

How To Close A Yahoo Account

YELP

How To Close A Yelp Account

YOUTUBE

How To Close a YouTube Account

ZOOSK

How To Close A Zoosk Account

ZYNGA

How To Close A Zynga Account