---
title: "Deleting your Etherscan User Account"
description: "Follow the instruction to remove & delete Etherscan user account."
url: https://info.etherscan.com/account-deletion/
tags: ["Tutorials"]
published: 2020-02-28
updated: 2026-06-21
---

# Deleting your Etherscan User Account

1.  [Login](https://etherscan.io/myaccount) to your account.
2.  Select the **Account Settings** tab.
3.  Click the red **Delete Account** button located on the bottom right corner of the page.
4.  Solve the reCAPTCHA test to further confirm account deletion and click **Confirm Delete**.
5.  A confirmation email will be sent to your registered email address. The email will read as below:

> "Your request for account deletion is confirmed. Your account \[username\] is now disabled and the account will be DELETED from our database after 30 days."

6.  To cancel your account deletion, kindly write to us through our contact form [here](https://etherscan.io/contactus) within 30 days of submitting your account deletion request

> **Please take note that upon deleting your account, you will no longer:**  
> \- Receive email notifications for transfers involving the addresses on your watch list  
> \- Be able to submit update requests for your verified addresses.  
> \- Be able to utilize the 5 calls/second limit of our APIs.  
> \- Have access to your personally curated addresses and transactions (Private Name Tags & Transaction Private Notes).  
> \- Be able to hide certain tokens across your Etherscan experience.  
> \- Be able to add custom ABI to interact with unverified smart contracts.