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by hope and peace on January 1st, 2008
Go to your profile and under preferences de-select the email notifications, and then just stop signing in. Sorry to see you go!
by Doggie S on December 5th, 2007
You can't delete your account.
Just rename yourself Anonymous, change your avatar to a blue bag, and don't come back.
by Spicy Hot on September 28th, 2010
Click the big red X in the upper right corner. Bye!
by Da Azian Boi on February 3rd, 2008
From the site itself? You can just leave and your account will remain dormant, or you could ask the staff to delete your account.
by Arisztid on July 5th, 2007
This has been answered well in this thread. I also have read the comment threads and have to say this...
I understand why you feel this way, although I do not know specifics.
Many people DO need to learn that a kind word goes much farther than a slap. Mocking and ridicule is also not needed.
One thing you can do if someone is bothering you is write to AB staff via the feedback link. Also, if you know someone is an *ss, do not reply to them.
I hope things turn out ok for you.
by unknown on July 5th, 2007
You can delete what's in your profile by clicking on Edit My Profile/Avatar and deleting any info that you have on there. You can also edit your answers and some of your questions by putting dots in their place. But, you can't delete the profile completely. I hope you haven't had a bad experience that has led you to decide to do something so drastic.
by Over and Out on September 25th, 2011
What's wrong Element???
by Gingerminx on August 14th, 2011
You can not delete your AB account. You can remove all personal information from your profile and simply not sign in again.
by Johnno on September 28th, 2010
Bye, mind the door, missing you already :o
by Jodie44 on March 7th, 2008
Answerbag doesn't work like that. You don't close your account - you more or less abandon your account by not logging on any more. That way, if you change your mind and decide to come back, you can pick up where you left off.
by unknown on February 7th, 2008
What's wrong? Can I help? I can tell you that you can't delete your stuff. You can edit answers but the rest stays.
by tomsims on May 28th, 2007
Not meaning to offend, but this sort of thing always baffles me. It is a free service and they do not track you down or send you a bill. Just stop participating. There is no need to cancel a membership. It is merely access. By asking the question, you will be notified by e-mail of posted answers. By not posting anything, you will eventually stop getting notifications. We will miss you though.
by AB-Joel on November 16th, 2006
We don't allow people to actually delete profiles, but if you just set your display name to "Anonymous" and turn off the notifications, the account cannot be identified as yours, so it's as good as deleting it!
by MoreCowBell on September 28th, 2010
You'll miss us :-)
Just stop logging on
by gazzob666 on February 7th, 2008
y do people make a big deal bou leaving dis. its free isnt it?
by nevets - badgicide on April 18th, 2007
Go into your settings and disable email notifications.
1) Log in.
2) View Profile.
3) Select Settings > Preferences
That will disable your emails.
You can also:
# Change your username to anonymous.
# Change your registered email to something false.
# Delete your avatar.
# Delete your personal details.
# Remove the about me section of your profile.
The last screenshot (#4) shows how to change your avatar.
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by Marky Mark on September 25th, 2011
Not you too.
by Wellduh on September 28th, 2010
No need to yell at us. Just log out and go...quickly...and quietly.
by Closed Account on December 12th, 2009
by ...... on March 7th, 2008
You can send a feedback to the staff and request they delete you. I have heard others doing this.
by Jodie44 on February 7th, 2008
No, not fast, why? What happened, Saved?
by Worzel on January 6th, 2008
Change your profile name to anonymous and dont ever come back....that ought to do it.
by Da Azian Boi on January 1st, 2008
You can just leave and never come back, or you can ask the staff to delete your account.
by Jodie44 on January 1st, 2008
The obvious - stop logging on. Walk off into the cyber-sunset and don't look back.
by maowiwoi on October 23rd, 2007
Could you not just get rid of your e-mail notifications and then not come here aymore?
by Norman_Outside the lines on November 27th, 2006
Go to "my computer, No Mine not yours"
Pull the plug, Hold above head, Swiftly hurll twords concrete floor, (CRASH) and then sweep up the pieces
(as the song says "theres no way out of here, when you come in your in for good" !!) LOL
( kidding... I have no clue ask jeeves! lol
by Whitehair on September 25th, 2011
Is that a test question also? If not - take a weeks break and all issues might be solved....
by AB-Eric on September 25th, 2011
Send your request to admin AT answerbag.com.
Generally, AB-Rich is reluctant to delete whole accounts because that can end up removing a lot of content. But he is perfectly willing to put you in the Penalty Box for as long as you request.
by Gingerminx on February 7th, 2011
You can not remove your profile or questions. You can remove all personal data from your profile, change the name to anonymous, log out and simply not log back in again.
by roes159 on February 2nd, 2011
no but you can stop going on here
by Wellduh on November 8th, 2010
Just log out and leave. You can't delete it.
by JOMN on September 28th, 2010
It can be done ..but you need to follow every direction to the letter ..ok?!!?
people who can't read should not try this after reading this
first you will need to go and buy a new hard drive and donate your old hard drive to charity ,after that you need to get a new power cord ..not just any design will work though .. you have to get the deluxe, ultra elegant ,ergonomic ,child safe, pet proofed ,glow in the dark ,Surge protector hand made in Timbuktu by ancient tribesmen who complete each device when the full moon is highest in the sky after weeks of dance and song by the whole village .. with this surge protector/power cord your hard drive will have the power it needs to handle your commands of Delete Thumbnail,Close Window
by Lilith_Demon_Goddess_Of_The_Underworld on September 28th, 2010
You'll need to get a high priced corporate attorney ,,,,if he has mob ties it'd definitely be a plus !
by LarryH54 on September 28th, 2010
There's no way to actually delete your account All you can do is change the email address to one you don't use.
by Pith-y on September 28th, 2010
Well, shouting is one way to make your life more exciting.
I think you just change your picture, log off, and ride off into the sunset.
Best of luck to you.
by ConservativelyLiberal on September 28th, 2010
You can't. Show your ass enough and you can get banned, but that's it.
by The Anonymous Witch on September 18th, 2010
you can't .
just delete your info , and walk away ......
see you in about a week ;-)
by The Anonymous Witch on September 6th, 2010
you can't . you can walk away and don't look back .. but that's about it ..
many have tried this ,, but end up coming back in a few days anyway .
sorry you want to leave ,, if you are having a problem with someone , you can report it in the " contact us " link at th bottom of the page .. or tell a cl .
or take a small break , let things blow over and come back and make some more friends . ;-)
by Starmaster on December 12th, 2009
Just walk away.....there is no need to delete anything. I recommend to stay around to see if new changes take place in the next weeks.
by BigDaddyBS on July 28th, 2009
Nope.
Just set your avatar to the standard blue bag (already there); set your username to Anonymous; remove all personal information on the My Settings pages; sign out; and don't return. (You may have to leave your email address, but it will only be available to AB.)
by gtravels loves her life penguin on April 9th, 2009
Technically you can't. You can change your user name to Anonymous, your Avatar to a blue Answerbag and fade off into the sunset. More information here:
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/55965
by Da Azian Boi on June 3rd, 2008
You can't delete it, but you can ask the Staff to delete it for you.
by haggis on March 7th, 2008
you can't unless you get some lawyers
by Doggie S on February 17th, 2008
No, they will remain here as long as Answerbag exists.
by Rince on January 6th, 2008
Nope you can change your name to anonomous, and not come back, but the questions and answers you have given are here to stay.
by Chezter is going to save the Redheads on October 23rd, 2007
I think it's hilarious that people are giving points to someone who wants to leave :-)
+2 hehe
by Doggie S on October 23rd, 2007
Your AB membership? No, you can't.
by Starmaster on May 28th, 2007
Looks like this is like checking into Hotel California. "AB is programmed to receive. You can checkout any time you like, But you can never leave!".....
by anonymous on April 3rd, 2007
I would not recommend that you do so... you'll probably find you regret the decision.
There are some legal implications to any effort to remove your entries.
You agreed when signing up for AB that any content you submitted was the property of AB, and grant them license to reproduce, publicly display that information, edit, change or delete it at their discretion.
If you try to delete your entries or edit them to be nonsensical, they have the ability and legal authority to restore your submissions to a previous state stored on their back up systems.
Similarly, with the user account, the information is stored on their servers, not locally on your computer. You can not delete that information from their servers.
You may be able to change your account profile, perhaps change the password to a random unknown one, effectively cutting you off from accessing your account.
This would keep you off AB, unless you requested an email sent to your address with a reminder.
Anyways, even if you go through all the work of editing your 160+ answers, you can't edit your questions, you can't edit peoples ratings left for you, or their comments, or your comments.
Much of your content will be left, and anything you are able to destroy can be restored quite easily.
Your stuck here! Rather, your content is.
My advice is to just stop using it for a while if you are unhappy, but don't take any action to damage AB. It is ineffective, and the only lasting effect is that if you want to return in the future
you may limited access.
I did remove over 700 answers and definitions, and something even worse than the frustration of being unable to delete them... they were deleted, they didn't restore them from archives, and they can never be recovered.
Very sad, learn from my mistakes, don't do it.
by Carmella on April 3rd, 2007
You can't delete your profile.
You can:
- Change your nickname to 'Anonymous'
- change your avatar back to the blue generic one
- Stop AB sending you any correspondence via email
- Never log in again
Then it'll be like you were never here, almost.
Do we get points for flagging? We used to receive them for moderating but I was told that stopped. So what is true now? Anyone know?
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on November 24th, 2011
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How do you get in touch with a MOD or Admin?
by Aurora_Bell on October 5th, 2011
| 1 person likes this
Should AB have a disclaimer/caution to hyper sensitive people regarding the questions and answers here?
by Koz - Passion Perseverance Patience on November 15th, 2011
| 2 people like this
I have seen some ladies post pictures on Adult AB showing nude body parts, some get deleted while others don't, why is that?
by MLT1977 on November 3rd, 2011
| 2 people like this
Can asking a question here get you in trouble? how?
by WABOO on September 19th, 2011
| 4 people like this
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Comments
How does turning of the email notifications = deleting an account?
by Bmore Sound on May 5th, 2010
will theyy delete it automatically or will it just be like inactive?
by JW. on October 21st, 2010
nether, what has been written can never be unwritten
even if you convinced the mods to remove your content, archive sites still back it up forever
by zwatcher on June 23rd, 2011