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]
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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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