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How to Delete an AOL Account: A Quick & Easy Tutorial Download Article Delete your free AOL account for good Explore this Article Steps Steps Other Sections Questions & Answers Tips and Warnings Related Articles Article Summary Co-authored by Christopher Batchelor and Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: April 18, 2025 Tested

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This article was co-authored by Christopher Batchelor and by wikiHow staff writer, Jack Lloyd. Christopher Batchelor is a wikiHow community member and technology enthusiast. He has experience using a range of different platforms and software, and likes to keep up with updates and new features. The wikiHow Tech Team also followed the article's instructions and verified that they work. This article has been viewed 573,944 times.

This wikiHow teaches you how to delete a free AOL account. Free AOL accounts don't require you to cancel any subscriptions or make any outstanding payments before closing. To close your account, you must use the AOL website—you can't close your account from the AOL mobile app.

A Quick Guide to Deleting an AOL Account

• Go to the AOL account cancellation page. Log into your account if you haven't already.
• Click Continue delete my account and enter your email address.
• Choose Yes, terminate this account > Got it. Your account will have been deleted.

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1. 1 Open the AOL cancellation page. Go to https://aol.mydashboard.oath.com/delete-my-account in your computer's web browser.
2. 2 Log into your account if necessary. If prompted to enter your login information, type in your email address, click Next, enter your AOL password, and click Sign in. Advertisement
3. 3 Click Continue delete my account. This red button is near the bottom of the page.
4. 4 Enter your email address. Click the text box in the middle of the page, then type in your full AOL account's email address.
5. 5 Click Yes, terminate this account. It's a blue button at the bottom of the page.
6. 6 Click Got it when prompted. Doing so signifies that your AOL account has been removed from the AOL database and is in the process of being deleted.
   • It may take a couple of weeks for your AOL account to disappear from search engine results.
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• Question How can I close my AOL account but keep my email? Community Answer An AOL account IS an email (a service you can use ending in @aol.com). If you want to cancel your AOL email but have services (credit cards, etc.) under that email, make a new one using Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc., and update your email on those services. However you will no longer have an AOL email if you close your AOL account. Thanks! We're glad this was helpful. Thank you for your feedback. If wikiHow has helped you, please consider a small contribution to support us in helping more readers like you. We’re committed to providing the world with free how-to resources, and even $1 helps us in our mission. Support wikiHow Yes No Not Helpful 9 Helpful 17
• Question Will AOL deactivate a free account if the person did not ask for it? Community Answer Yes, they will. Thanks! We're glad this was helpful. Thank you for your feedback. If wikiHow has helped you, please consider a small contribution to support us in helping more readers like you. We’re committed to providing the world with free how-to resources, and even $1 helps us in our mission. Support wikiHow Yes No Not Helpful 10 Helpful 18
• Question Is there a way to delete an AOL account immediately? Mine is still receiving messages. Community Answer It will continue receiving messages until AOL fully deletes it, so no. Simply don't sign into it anymore. Thanks! We're glad this was helpful. Thank you for your feedback. If wikiHow has helped you, please consider a small contribution to support us in helping more readers like you. We’re committed to providing the world with free how-to resources, and even $1 helps us in our mission. Support wikiHow Yes No Not Helpful 10 Helpful 21

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CB Co-authored by: Christopher Batchelor Tech Enthusiast This article was co-authored by Christopher Batchelor and by wikiHow staff writer, Jack Lloyd. Christopher Batchelor is a wikiHow community member and technology enthusiast. He has experience using a range of different platforms and software, and likes to keep up with updates and new features. This article has been viewed 573,944 times. How helpful is this? Co-authors: 9 Updated: April 18, 2025 Views: 573,944 Categories: Internet Access Article SummaryX

1. Go to https://aol.mydashboard.oath.com/delete-my-account and log in if prompted. 2. Click Continue delete my account. 3. Enter your email address in the text box in the middle of the page. 4. Click Yes, terminate this account. 5. Click Got it when prompted. Did this summary help you?YesNo

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