Many famous sites hide the links to cancel the account we have used so far in a rather annoying way, so as to prevent users from escaping (according to their intentions).
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In fact, some users may have difficulty deleting an account from sites such as Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Twitter, Microsoft, Linkedin, Telegram, WhatsApp, or other apps and sites.
If we want to delete our social profile or a secondary profile that we no longer use, in this guide we will show you all the steps to take to delete the profile on the most famous sites (among which Facebook, Google, and Microsoft certainly stand out ).
At the end of the guide, we will also show you the sites that collect the links to delete an account from all the most used sites, so as not to have to go crazy among the thousands of menus and hidden items, immediately arriving at the screen used to delete the account.
1) Yahoo Services
If we want to unsubscribe from Yahoo we can follow two ways:
– the first is to abandon it and no longer login for 4 months, so as to make it an inactive account, which will be deleted after a short time.
– To unsubscribe immediately from all Yahoo services, including Flickr, Yahoo Mail, and Yahoo Answers, first access with login and password on the Account Termination page, then just click Continue with the deletion of my account to make the cancellation effective.
2) Google account, Gmail, and related services
With Google, it is very easy to unsubscribe from all services by deleting the entire profile or by choosing to opt out of only some services such as Gmail.
First, we need to log in to Google, click on the “Login” button at the top, and enter the credentials.
After logging in, let’s go to the service cancellation page, choose whether to delete a Google service or the entire account with the dedicated buttons Delete a service or Delete your account.
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3) Facebook
Facebook has been for some time a social network from which it was almost impossible to unsubscribe and delete all your data permanently.
Today, the option that has always been provided to deactivate the account, without deleting it, has also been added to the possibility of permanently deleting all data and the entire profile even if, it must be admitted that it is really difficult.
Deactivating the account means that you will no longer be able to access Facebook but the information regarding your friends, photos, personal data, written information, and all posted content will remain visible on the internet and can also be searched by Google.
Certainly deactivating the account is much easier than deleting it which instead involves the complete cancellation of all saved data and disappearance from the Facebook world.
To deactivate the account, we access the cancellation page of the Facebook page with the credentials of our account to be deactivated, click on View next to the item Delete your account and your information and, in the next window, click on Delete the account.
READ ALSO: How to delete the Facebook account profile and delete the account
4) Microsoft Services
The Microsoft account includes all web applications and online services produced by Microsoft, such as Outlook, OneDrive, Windows account, and Xbox Live account.
Like Yahoo, the Microsoft account also expires after a certain period of inactivity.
To be precise, after 30 days the account becomes inactive, after 90 days it is then permanently deleted.
To delete the account and the various Microsoft services, go to the Microsoft account cancellation page, download all the data we intend to save from the closure of the account, and click on Next, choose the reason why you want to close the account and click on Mark the account for closing.
5) Ask.fm
To unsubscribe from Ask.fm, the hateful social network used by bullies for cyberbullying, I wrote a guide on purpose.
6) Twitter
Deleting an account from Twitter is quite simple: we open the Twitter Settings and Privacy page, click on Deactivate your account at the bottom, and on the next screen click on Deactivate @ [your name].
Our Twitter profile will be suspended for 30 days, after which it will be deleted forever.
7) Instagram
If we want to unsubscribe from Instagram, the photographic social network, connect to the page dedicated to the cancellation, log in to the service by typing the username and password of our account, set a reason under the field Why are you deleting your account? , type the password of the Instagram account again and finally press the Delete my account button.
Compared to other social networks, the cancellation is immediate and without the possibility of recovery: all photos, likes, and all data generated with our account will be deleted.
8) Telegram
Do we no longer want to use Telegram on our smartphones or PC?
To cancel the account we open the page dedicated to the cancellation, type the telephone number used for the account, write a valid reason and click on Done to cancel the account.
If we want the account to self-destruct after a certain period of inactivity, open the app, go to Settings -> Privacy and security, then click on Delete my account and indicate the period of absence in the If away for the field.
9) WhatsApp
Do we no longer want to use WhatsApp to the point of wanting to completely delete the account?
To do this, open the Settings > Account > Delete account menu, enter the phone number in the complete international format, and tap on Delete account.
In the new screen, we choose the reason why we want to delete the account and select the Delete account item again.
10) Linkedin
To unsubscribe from Linkedin, click on the “You” icon at the top to open Settings and privacy from the profile.
Click on Account and then go to the Account Management section to click on Closing the LinkedIn account
To delete the profile you need to give a reason and then type in the password.
How to delete profile from other services
If we also want to delete the accounts registered on the various sites, we can also use the services offered by the Account Killer and Just Delete Me sites.
These sites collect the links for the cancellation of the accounts of numerous online services, just carry out a search in the search bar provided and click on the link associated with the service.
For each site, it also shows the level of difficulty with which it is possible to carry out the cancellation process: based on the color we can therefore know in advance when we will have to lose how many steps we will have to take in order to delete our account.
We remind you that some sites make it very difficult if not impossible to delete an account: in these cases, we simply abandon its use or contact the assistant to ask for explanations on the cancellation of the account.
