Does deleting old accounts really do much? Once you do something online, you should assume it's there even if you delete it.
Best you can do is adopt a more privacy conscious way to go about things and just let your old footprint go stale
this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2025
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TLDR;
- Check your Password Manager/Stored Browser Credentials
- If on Apple devices, check your Keychain
- If on Android or using/used Chrome, check your Google Password Manager (enabled if you chose to save passwords to your Google account)
- Search old email inboxes
- Search for your email in data breaches
- Search for old usernames you re-used across sites
I personally would also add searching your browser cookies, since some browsers will keep around old cookies for years if you don't clear them.
Perfect TLDR. I check all the credentials in Bitwarden every few months for the ones I need to get rid of
I've been checking my password manager for over a year now, and I'm still finding more old accounts I have to delete!
My 120 deleted or pending deletion accounts only make up about 1/2 of the ones I need to delete overall. 😶
Damn you must have atleast a thousand accounts. Keep on keeping on