up vote 0 down vote favorite

I would like to delete all my Stack Exchange accounts. How can I do this?

Is it also possible to remove all my questions associated with those accounts (three accounts in total)?

I'm not sure where to ask this question, sorry if it is in the wrong place.

link
Questions about Stack Exchange itself should be posted on Meta; this one will be migrated there automatically. (It's most likely that you will not be able to have your contributions deleted; see this answer on Stack Overflow Meta among others.) – grawity Jan 10 at 22:00
I don't think they will delete your questions, just your account and it's association with said questions. Like the two ppl on this question: superuser.com/questions/65321/… – Kyle Jan 10 at 22:07
6  
Why do you so suddenly want to do this? Given that your activity is very valid, it almost sounds like someone else used your computer to ask this. Please note that your questions and answers won't be deleted as to preserve useful Q&A posts, as I see that you have some nice posts... – Tom Wijsman Jan 10 at 23:02
6  
Note that in accordance with CC deleting an account retains the content with identity anonymised – Sathya♦ Jan 11 at 2:59
feedback

migrated from superuser.com Jan 10 at 22:07

This question came from our site for computer enthusiasts and power users.

closed as too localized by Sathya♦ Jan 12 at 11:40

This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet. See the FAQ for guidance on how to improve it.

1 Answer

up vote 2 down vote

There is a question over at meta.stackoverflow that can answer this for you.

Bear in mind (as Jeff says in the comments) you'll need to do this for every site you have an account on.

I believe this deletes the account, but not the posts. You've licensed them to the site under CC-Wiki. Your username will be obscured.

If your account has never voted or posted a question or answer you should see a self-delete option on your user page.

However, if your account has voted or posted, do the following:

  1. Edit the "about me" field in your profile to say "please delete me" so we can confirm your ownership of the account.

  2. Obtain your user page URL or numeric user ID. This is linked from the top of every page of the site when you are logged in.

  3. Email the support address linked at the bottom of every web page on the site. Where it says "contact us", click that. In your email, you MUST include your user page URL or user ID so we can find your account.

Also of note, we automatically cull old inactive accounts as documented here:

http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/02/when-is-an-account-abandoned/

link
Also note you can SYNC your profile from the about me editing, and it will go across all sites. – Simon Sheehan Jan 12 at 0:32
feedback

You must log in to answer this question.