Login.gov login.gov How to delete your Login.gov account
Sign in at secure.login.gov, authenticate, choose Delete account from the menu on your account page, then enter your password. If you can't authenticate, use the "deleting your account" link on the sign-in options page; deletion completes about 24 hours later.
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Serus is a privacy company with paid tools to find and remove your personal data. This guide shows the free way to do it yourself.
Step by step
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Sign in
Enter your email address at https://secure.login.gov, then your password, and click Sign in.
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Authenticate
Use one of the authentication methods you set up.
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Choose Delete account
On your account page, select Delete account from the menu on the left side of the page.
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Confirm with your password
Select Delete account from the "Your account" menu, then enter your password to confirm.
Watch out for
- Login.gov deletes your email address, password and phone number.
- You won't be able to sign in to partner agencies that require a Login.gov account.
- Information you saved with partner agencies stays there, but you need a new Login.gov account to get back into them.
- If you lost your sign-in methods, the account isn't deleted until you act on the second email, sent 24 hours after the first.
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If you lost your authentication methods
Login.gov uses a two-step process and a 24 hour waiting period here. Go to your government application sign-in page or https://secure.login.gov and sign in with your email and password. On the authentication page, click Choose another security option, scroll to the bottom and click the deleting your account link. Read the information, then click Yes, continue deletion. You get two emails: the first confirms the request (the account isn't deleted yet), and the second arrives 24 hours later with the directions to finish.
What stays out there
Deleting Login.gov removes your sign-in credentials at Login.gov. It doesn't touch the records agencies keep, and it has no effect on copies of your name, address or phone number held by data brokers and people-search sites.
If you're deleting the account because you worry about exposure, search your name and check what those sites list. Serus finds where your details are listed and removes them, and keeps watching for new listings.
Frequently asked
Will deleting Login.gov delete my information at agencies?
No. Login.gov says you won't lose information saved with partner agencies, but you'll need to create a new Login.gov account to use those agencies again.
How do I delete my account if I lost my phone?
Use the sign-in page's "Choose another security option" and then the "deleting your account" link. Login.gov applies a 24 hour waiting period and sends two emails.
Why would I delete a Login.gov account?
Login.gov lists a few reasons: you have several accounts under different emails and want one, you're locked out and lost your authentication methods, or you no longer need an account.
What does Login.gov delete?
Your email address, password and phone number.
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