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How to delete your Plaxo account (and why you want to)

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This brief guide will walk you through the steps on deleting your Plaxo account, and all of the data associated with it. Why would you want to do this? Plaxo has signed an agreement to be acquired by Comcast.

  1. First up, visit Plaxo.com and sign in.
  2. Try visiting http://www.plaxo.com/delete_account after you have signed in. You may not be able to go directly to that page. If that’s the case, continue with step #3. If you are able to view the Delete Your Account page, skip down to step #6 (or just follow the instructions on that page).
  3. Select Settings from the upper-right corner of Plaxo.com
  4. plaxo settings

  5. Now select click here from the “For all other Plaxo Online settings, click here” section.
  6. plaxo settings

  7. Select Plaxo Identities from the left menu, scroll down and click the Delete your account link.
  8. delete your plaxo account link
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  9. Review the info..
  10. delete your plaxo account link
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  11. And then let Plaxo know why you’re deleting your account.
  12. delete your plaxo account link
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  13. And finally, click the Delete My Account button.
  14. plaxo settings

  15. Make sure that you’re re-directed to the “Account Deleted” screen so that you know your account is now gone.
  16. delete your plaxo account link
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  1. mcmax says

    thanx a lot

  2. Joe says

    Thanks! Your instructions worked great!

  3. JW says

    Perfect, this is exactly what I needed. Can you beleive they try to hide this setting?

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