How to Find Old Accounts for Deletion | Avoid the Hack (avoidthehack!)
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So, you want to clean up your online identity/digital footprint a bit by deleting accounts... but where can you find those pesky old ones? Here are some tips.
  • mac@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    9 hours ago

    Does deleting old accounts really do much? Once you do something online, you should assume it’s there even if you delete it.

    Best you can do is adopt a more privacy conscious way to go about things and just let your old footprint go stale

  • ArchRecord@lemm.eeEnglish
    27·
    21 hours ago

    TLDR;

    • Check your Password Manager/Stored Browser Credentials
    • If on Apple devices, check your Keychain
    • If on Android or using/used Chrome, check your Google Password Manager (enabled if you chose to save passwords to your Google account)
    • Search old email inboxes
    • Search for your email in data breaches
    • Search for old usernames you re-used across sites

    I personally would also add searching your browser cookies, since some browsers will keep around old cookies for years if you don’t clear them.

    • merlin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      19 hours ago

      Perfect TLDR. I check all the credentials in Bitwarden every few months for the ones I need to get rid of

      • ArchRecord@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        19 hours ago

        I’ve been checking my password manager for over a year now, and I’m still finding more old accounts I have to delete!

        My 120 deleted or pending deletion accounts only make up about 1/2 of the ones I need to delete overall. 😶