There may be many reasons you want to get rid of social networking sites. Maybe your inbox is flooded with their notifications or you are spending too much time on Facebook or you just want a break from social media. Whatever the reason is if you have decided to cut ties who can stop? After all, we all want to have control over our information.
The problem arises when we don’t find the option to delete an account easily. Even some websites like Godaddy and Call of duty(Activision) don’t allow you to delete your account. Some let you delete your account indirectly like you can’t delete a Blogger account without deleting your entire google account.
Thus every website may have a different approach but one thing they all have is –
- a direct deletion link – which can not be found that easily but is still there.
For example- the direct deletion link for Facebook look like this
https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account
So this is going to be our approach to delete accounts permanently from popular social networking websites and web services like Gmail, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. All you have to do is to click on the corresponding direct deletion link you want to delete your account from and follow the instructions further.
Before We Get Started
Warning: Some websites may let you reactivate your account while others not. So make sure what you really want to do before proceeding.
Make sure you are logged in your the account you want to delete
Delete Facebook Account
Click on the above link and follow the instructions
Note: Don’t login into your Facebook account for 2 weeks after deleting it. Otherwise, it will be activated again.
Delete Twitter Account
Click on the above link and follow the instructions
Note: You have to wait for 30 days after deactivating the account to get it deleted permanently
Delete Gmail Account
Click on the above link , it will take you to the “Data Tools” > Click on “Delete Products” and finally click on “Delete Gmail permanently”
Delete LinkedIn Account
Click on the above link and follow the instructions
Delete Youtube Account
No direct deletion link
You can’t delete your YouTube account without deleting your entire Google Account. Although you can delete your youtube channel.
Delete Instagram Account
Click on the above link and follow the instructions
Delete Reddit Account
Click on the above link and follow the instructions
Delete Snapchat Account
Delete StumbleUpon Account
Click on the above link and follow the instructions
Note: Account will be get deleted after 14 days
Delete Yahoo Account
Click on the above link and follow the instructions
If you want more direct deletion links, you may visit
justdelete.me : A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services.
