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hannahlgraham
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Deleting acc without access to email?

I have an account on an email that's been deleted.  When I go to edit email it tells me I need to set a password and it needs to email me to do that. when I go to delete the account it tells me it ne...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    3 years ago

    Without access to the email simply put, you cannot as there is no way to verify you are the account owner.

     

    However, accounts are automatically removed after 12 months of inactivity. So, if you just log out (DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING YOU NEED FIRST THOUGH!!) and leave it it will automatically vanish

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Mark
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3 years ago

Without access to the email simply put, you cannot as there is no way to verify you are the account owner.

 

However, accounts are automatically removed after 12 months of inactivity. So, if you just log out (DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING YOU NEED FIRST THOUGH!!) and leave it it will automatically vanish

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