Have you ever tried to get rid of unwanted accounts on the internet? It’s harder than it looks. If we take into count the latest rumors about secret service spying on you, you could have a good reason to want to “go away”. Unfortunately, a complete deletion of data is almost impossible unless you somehow have any hacker friend, willing to do you a favor. But it is not impossible to remove any information related to you over the Internet.
JustDelete.me is the website you should visit. It was created by the British and, in essence, it represents a list of information and links to the most popular websites on which you have accounts. Facebook, Amazon, Battle.net, eBay or Dropbox are also present, along with instructions that explain exactly what you need to do. Each site is framed from simple to difficult, depending on how hard it is to delete your account. Simple sites usually involve just a few clicks. If for medium difficulty you have to go through several steps, for the really hard ones to erase you need to contact customer support.
Beware, though. There are websites where it is impossible to delete your account. Wikipedia, WordPress, Steam, Pinterest social network (find out more on social networks and how they work on Ten Mania), Craigslist, Evernote application, EDX, GoDaddy, HackerNews, Netflix, or Kik MyOpenID do not allow permanent deletion of your data. In the best case, you can clean your profile, but it will remain in their database and could be found in searches.
But there’s hope for such cases. All you have to do is to delete all the information on the account, or give others fake ones, then you create a new email address to replace the old one. In the end, all that is left is to delete the new address as well. Easy!
Another measure you should take is to delete your newsletter subscriptions. You can choose the hard way, meaning doing it step by step, or you can use an application. And of course, do not forget to delete all information on search engines.
Besides, you should also clean your computer. Delete cookies, browsing history, or programs that require you personal data. You can even consider the services provided by companies specialized in deleting your information. Abine is one of them. The product they created called MaskMe and can help you stay online or shop online without revealing your real email address, phone number or credit card number.
If you really want to make yourself invisible, get rid of the Internet connection and get yourself a dumbphone.
But, let’s face it! Regardless of your efforts, there will still be at least some date on you. If you leave comments on blogs or websites, if someone mentioned your name, if there are any online pictures with you and your friends or if you ever uploaded a picture of you somewhere you have to accept reality. Once inside the net, it’s almost impossible to completely delete your tracks.
Do you know any way to completely delete you information online and make yourself invisible?
