Protecting
your online identity is essential to your brand, reputation and
credibility, far more important than updating your Instagram and
Facebook every day. Several times a year, the news covers a serious data
breach maintained by major banks, insurance companies and/or social
media platforms. Once the data is collected, it can be misused or even
lead to identity theft. Deleting your old social media accounts is a
vital step in helping to ensure some measure of identity protection. It
is essential that you keep your online access to your current accounts
safe and secure and delete all old accounts.
Here is a guide that will help you delete your old accounts on the most popular social media sites.
Facebook
Moving on
to the largest social networking platform of all time, Facebook, with
over a billion users, simplifies things and makes it easier to
deactivate your account.
After
accessing the "settings" tab in the down arrow on your browser, select
your Facebook information and delete your account and information. "When
in this menu, you will delete your account and must add the password to
confirm.
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Foursquare
accessed the Internet more than a decade ago to inform his friends and
find out where they are. To delete your Foursquare account, you will
need to access the platform from your computer. Go to the "privacy"
settings tab, where you need to scroll to the bottom of the page and
find an option to delete your account. When you select this option, you
access a page where you need to confirm whether you want to delete your
account or not.
Google
Google is
the undisputed leader of search engines in one of the most
interconnected ecosystems. When creating an account for Google, you can
access a multitude of different apps and websites without having to
create separate accounts. To delete your Google+ or Gmail account,
you’ll need to delete your entire Google account.
Go to
"Google Account Settings" and choose "delete account and services".
There you will see the "exclude products" option, where you can access
all of your Google applications. You need to log in to all sites before
you can delete your account.
Instagram
Facebook's
younger brother is possibly the most used social media platform by
Millennials, according to Hootsuite. Thanks to its focus on visual
communication, it is the ideal place to meet talented artists.
Deleting
your account is very simple and takes little time to complete correctly.
Although you can manage your privacy settings using the mobile app, you
must access an Internet browser to delete your account. Just go to
"delete your account page" and you will be asked for a reason to delete
your account. After providing the reason, you will provide your
password, then select the option to permanently delete the account.
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LinkedIn is
the social network for professionals looking for new opportunities to
connect with other professionals and expand their business and careers.
If you are on the platform, the profile must be complete and up to date.
If you are no longer using the platform, delete the account. In the
upper right corner of any LinkedIn page, you should access the "privacy
and settings" tab. From there, choose the "account" tab and select to
close your LinkedIn account. You will need to submit your comments and
verify your account before you can delete it. From there, you will see a
post informing you of the consequences of deleting your account and
then the final page, which will be for confirmation.
My space
This social
media platform has been bought and sold several times since its glory
days (2005 to 2009). In 2016, its database was breached and leaked to a
dark market website. To delete your MySpace account, you must first log
in to the account you want to delete. From there, select the "gear" icon
and choose the "account" tab. There, you will see an option to delete
your account. Before deleting your account, you must provide a reason
for receiving a confirmation email. Open the email and follow its
instructions.
Pinterest
Pinterest
is a web-based bulletin board or bulletin board, a place to mark images
found online. To delete your Pinterest account, you first need to access
the three-dot icon on the website and select the "edit settings"
option. From there, you will have to go to the "Account" page and select
"disable account". From there, you will click "yes" to receive an
email, which you need to open and follow to permanently delete your
account.
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