Cancel Myspace Account
"My daughter has two Myspace accounts. One gives out too much personal information and we want to delete it. But we don't remember the password and we no longer have access to the email account she used to create the account. Myspace only lets you cancel if you KNOW the email and password. I have sent emails to Myspace, but so far no replies. How can I get them to cancel this account?"
How to Delete a Myspace Account
It's pretty easy to cancel and remove a Myspace account, IF you have access to login to the account. To do so, just click on Account Settings, then click Cancel Account. A warning page will tell you that cancelling your MySpace account will PERMANENTLY REMOVE all of your profile information, including photographs, comments, and your list of Myspace Friends. If that's what you really want, click the red Cancel My Account button and your account will go poof! (A small cloud of greasy black smoke sometimes appears over your computer. Don't be alarmed, this is normal.)
If you DON'T have the password to the account, you can send a password retrieval request to Myspace. You provide the email address on file for your account, and Myspace will email your password to that address. Then you can login and cancel the Myspace account as described above.
Myspace doesn't allow you to cancel an account unless you can prove that you own the account. Otherwise, malicious people would be asking Myspace to delete the accounts of their enemies or competitors.
But I Don't Have the Password or Access to the Email Address!
If you don't have the account password or access to the email address associated with the account, there IS another way to prove that you are the rightful owner of the account. (This method can also be used if someone has created a fake profile that claims to be you.) It's called a Salute.
A Salute is a photo of yourself holding a handwritten sign with the word "MySpace.com" and your FriendID on it. You can find your Friend ID number after "friendID=" in the web address when viewing your profile. This is the FriendID of the profile you want to keep, not the fake or undesired profile. If you do not have a profile on MySpace, put your email address on the sign instead of the Friend ID.
After taking the Salute photo, you will need to upload that photo to the Web. You cannot post your Salute in a public place, so if you don't have your own website, I recommend that you open a free account at Geocities and upload it there.
Next, contact Myspace via this form, provide the web address (URL) of the Salute photo, and the web address of the undesired profile. Explain the situation, and why you want the profile removed. With a bit of luck, Myspace will soon cancel the account and remove the undesired profile.
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Most recent comments on "Cancel Myspace Account"
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Jen
26 Apr 2009
Recently I've had my myspace hacked,so I tried the salute...I was just wondering,how long does it usually takes for them to check the salute because I sent it awhile ago.And I all I need to send them in a salute is the picture and the new email and passward I want it to be,right?Thanks for your help!
Posted by:
Jen
04 May 2009
HELP! I've tried to cancel my myspace account several times and I never receive the confirmation email. Any suggestions?
Posted by:
james e vigil
17 May 2009
I want to cancel my account due to mess up with username email and password.
Posted by:
andrew
11 Oct 2009
I've tried at least 20 times to cancel my account in exactly this way. I have never once received an e-mail with instructions on how to finalize the cancellation. I'm beginning to think MySpace isn't as on the ball or truthful about their practices as they appear.
Posted by:
Margaret
17 Nov 2009
I finally emailed MySpace help desk through my real email... Their address is:
mycare@support.myspace.com
And here's their reply:
Thank you for allowing us to be of service to you.
Thanks for contacting MySpace.
If you just deleted your profile and you haven't received the email to complete the process, here's what you do:
1. Log into MySpace
2. Mouse over Profile (in the upper nav bar) and choose Edit Profile (from the drop-down menu)
3. Remove all the content from the text boxes and type REMOVE PROFILE in the About Me text box (this way we know you have access to your profile)
4. Reply to this email, leaving the subject line intact, and tell us to delete your profile (be sure to include the URL that appears in the http:// browser bar when you visit your profile and click on your main profile photo, which will look like http://profile.myspace.com/...viewprofile&friendid=000000)
Once we receive your email, we’ll delete your profile for you.
Important stuff to know:
- deletion is permanent, so you might want to consider hiding your profile instead (see below)!
- if you'd rather take a break from MySpace, you can set your profile to private, so long as you're using profile 2.0: Mouse over Profile (on the upper nav bar); choose Customize Profile (from the drop-down menu); scroll over any module (such as friends, photos, etc.); click on the padlock, choose Just me and click the box to have it apply to your entire profile
- if you're not sure which profile you're using, mouse over Profile (in the upper nav bar), choose Customize Profile (from the drop-down menu) and the profile version will appear at the top of the page (you can also upgrade to 2.0 at this time and then set your profile to private)
- if you decide to delete your profile, it will take a few days before your profile is completely erased from our system, during which time you may still receive notifications, so be patient. We're working on it!
Sincerely,
The MySpace Support team
Posted by:
Erin
05 Jan 2010
I got hacked in years ago on myspace so i set up a new account and new email address - which i only used for myspace purposes so that no one knew my active email address. I don't have any access to the made up email address, and now that I'm trying to cancel my account - I can't because I can't see the emails they send me. I've tried adding my real active hotmail address into the 'IM information' but nothings happened! I really need to cancel this account.
THANKYOU FOR ANY HELP
Posted by:
kathy leach
03 Feb 2010
dear, please let you know i need my space get cancel for my account do it cuz never use so much so have go close for now my account for my space pls anyway thanks so much
EDITOR'S NOTE: I think there should be an award for a sentence that bad. But I wouldn't want to encourage another one like it...
Posted by:
Big E
11 Feb 2010
Myspace is purposely keeping your accounts up to make money. I have tried multiple times to delete my profile through account cancellation and they never do it. Anyone else have ideas????
EDITOR'S NOTE: I don't think Myspace makes much money on profiles that are abandonded. My guess is that they are woefully understaffed and poorly managed.
Posted by:
Chad
27 Feb 2010
Understaffed? Do they really need a staff to send an automated e-mail with reply checker? I have a valid e-mail address and they still never send out these authorization e-mails they keep mentioning.
I am not a conspiracy theorist but I imagine there is some saving of face going on here and they don't want to make it easy to vanish.
Posted by:
michelle
03 Mar 2010
i been trying and trying to delete my myspace page but each time i delete it.An when i come back to it,it'still there so can you please do me favor an delete it for me thanks.
EDITOR'S NOTE: You want ME to delete YOUR Myspace page? Okay sure, I'll try... Zing! Zap! Poof! Ummm... is it still there?