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What are some reasons people want to delete their social media accounts?

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There are many reasons. One is if it impedes your quality of life, for example, if you feel awful about yourself after being online. Another is if it negatively affects your mental health. Also, there are security issues, where people create fake accounts with pictures you post of yourself. It is also sometimes a matter of whether you'd rather spend your time doing something else.

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How do I delete my email and all my photos from the internet?

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Before you delete your email account, ask people to delete all your photos. Then when they are all gone, delete your email.

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How do I delete all photos and criminal information about myself?

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Unfortunately, there is no way to completely erase yourself from the Internet if other people have posted things about you.

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How can I delete my age from all online sites?

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You will have to go into the settings for each individual account that you have, and delete your age that way.

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What about old electoral lists? I did a search of my name and it came up with my previous address and also the names of everybody else listed at that address so my family members become known to the searcher. What can I do?

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One of the best ways is to unregister to vote, since this info is always open to the public.

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How do I remove nonexistent business information from twenty years ago? The business was closed the same year it was opened.

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You can go to the businesses page on the map information, go to "Suggest a correction," and then select "The business is permanently closed."

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Do you know the names of companies that can remove a person's details from the internet?

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Their are multiple companies that can delete your details from the internet, some examples are, DeleteMe and Internet Reputation.

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How do I delete myself so that no one can find my social media accounts?

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Remove or deactivate all of your social media accounts. This includes Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and whatever else you use. That's all you have to do.

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My daughter is being stalked. He is not allowed to get in touch with her (police have told him not to), but he creates fake accounts and contacts her friends, what can we do?

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This article might be able to help you, and you might also want to read this article to stop him from being able to contact your daughter. (Send the second link to your daughters' friends to help prevent the stalker from contacting them.)

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I have multiple social media accounts, but forgot which email address I used; can I still delete them?

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You could try to reset the password with each of your emails using trial and error. Also, some social media accounts allow you to send a password reset email with just a username, then the email will be sent to which ever account you used.

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How can I delete an old Gmail Plus account that I can no longer access?

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You will need to reset the password, follow the directions on How to Recover a Gmail Password and then follow the directions on How to Delete a Google or Gmail Account .

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How do I get rid of images on Google images?

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You can go to the site that the image is hosted on and either flag it or contact the site owner.

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What is a reputable company to remove online information?

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Some reputable companies that can remove your online information include, Remove Online Information, and Abine DeleteMe.

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