Thing 16: Deleting Accounts

Congratulations on finishing all 15 Things! The accounts you've created are yours to do with as you please. Hopefully, you've discovered some really great tools that you'll use at work and in your personal life. Some of them that you've learned about you'll be seeing used in the future at LGPL. Remember downloadable audiobooks? Well, they're coming to LGPL this summer so you'll be ready to use them! We also already offer RSS Feeds from our Events Calendar, instant messaging in YA, and pictures in Flickr. And you can't forget about podcasts, wikis, tagging, and Library Thing!

For those accounts that you do not wish to keep, here are some instructions on how to delete them. Please be aware that deleting any of these accounts will delete any information that you have saved in them such as bookmarks, blog entries, and documents. We didn't require you to create accounts for tagging (you just used your library card), downloadable audiobooks, podcasts, youtube, flickr, meebo, shelfari, or twitter. If you did set up an account for any of these and need help deleting it, please do not hesitate to ask Brooke in Tech services for help!

To Delete all Google Services (Blogger, Google Reader, Google Docs, and Google Talk):

If you don't want to delete all of these accounts, you can delete the information stored in each one. See the individual instructions below.

1. Go to www.google.com and sign in using your Google Account.
2. Click on "My Account." A list of your Google Products will appear.
3. Click on "Edit" next to My Products.
4. Select "Close account and delete all services and info associated with it". This is a permanent deletion of all your Google-associated accounts and stored information.

To Delete Your Blogger Blog:

1. Sign in to Blogger.
2. Be sure you are in the Dashboard.
3. Select "Settings" just below your blog title.
4. To the right of Blog Tools, select "Delete This Blog." This will permanently delete your blog and all posts contained within.

To Delete Your Google Reader Feeds:

This will only delete your feeds, not the account. Deleting your Google account is the only to remove your Google Reader account (see above).

1. Go to www.google.com and sign in using your Google Account.
2. Click on "My Account." A list of Google Products will appear.
3. Click on "Settings" next to Reader.
4. Select "Subscriptions".
5. Check the box to the left of each feed name and then select "Unsubscribe".

To Delete Your Google Docs Documents:

1. Go to www.google.com and sign in using your Google Account.
2. Under the More dropdown, select "Documents".
3. Check the box to the left of each document and the select "Delete".


To Delete Your Google Talk Account:

1. This only deletes your icon in the task bar.
2. Right click on the Google Talk icon (it looks like a cartoon talk bubble) in the lower-right hand corner of your desktop. You may have to click the arrow to make it appear.
3. Click "Exit". The icon should no longer appear.


To Delete Your TaDaLists Account:

1. Go to www.tadalists.com and login to your account.
2. To the right, select "cancel account".

To Delete Your RememberTheMilk Account (not everyone set one up):

1. Login at www.rememberthemilk.com
2. Select "Settings" at the tp of the page.
3. At the bottom of the page, select "close your account".

To Delete Your MySpace Account (not everyone set one up):

1. Enter your login at www.myspace.com
2. Select "My Account" on the top-right of the screen.
3. Select "Account Cancellation"
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select "Cancel Account". MySpace will send you a confirmation email with a link to follow and confirm the cancellation request.

To Delete Your Facebook Account (not everyone set one up):

1. Go to www.facebook.com and login.
2. Under Deactivate Account, select "deactivate".

To Delete Your del.icio.us Account:

1. Login at http://delicious.com
2. Select "Settings" in the top-right corner
3. Under Account, select "Delete Account".

To Delete Your LibraryThing Account:

1. Send your Username and Password to info@librarything.com, and write something like "please delete my account" in the subject line of your email.
2. You may also include in the body of the email why you are deleting the account.