He's been trying for days with disappointing results:
I have tried 5-6 times in the last 3 days to cancel my MySpace account, and they don't appear to be allowing me to do so. Are they that worried about losing people to Facebook?You know, Consumerist itself had this problem once. The solution? We (actually, it was Ben,) uploaded porn to our profile over and over again until MySpace finally deleted it. We win.On their website, I was able to go through the "cancel account" rigmarole, only to be told that they would send me an email in which I there would be a URL I had to click on, in order to confirm my desire to cancel. I have not received any such emails from them, despite repeated attempts -- not in my In Box, not in my Spam folder, nowhere.
I have sent two messages to customer service; the first one I got back an automated message telling me to follow the steps on their website that I had already done, and the second time I got an automated message saying someone would get back to me. That was a couple days ago.
How Do I Delete My Account? [MySpace]
]]>If they want to store an empty MySpace profile filled with fake profile data forever, no sweat off your back.
]]>Are you retarded? The F.A.Q for myspace specifically has the question "How do I cancel my myspace account?".
I canceled my account and my sisters accound last week. I just tried to log into my previous account and it's gone.
So I'd like to know why you wern't able to find this option when it's clearly stated on the web site.
Some people need to stop blaming the industry for their own stupidity.
]]>Nice person that I am, the first time it happened, I left messages for the person, explaining the situation and how to change the account email address, so she wouldn't lose all the time she spent decking out her profile with godawful glitter graphics. :P
She and someone claiming to be her troglodyte boyfriend both emailed me angrily and accused me of "hacking."
I deleted her profile and it was a cinch. Easy the second time around, too... they must have made things more complicated/broken since then.
]]>I also second the post about canceling Facebook. You really do have to delete EVERYTHING -- every wall post, every message, leave every group, everything out of your profile, every newsfeed item, every single item you have the power to delete -- deactivate it, and then email them asking for your account to be deleted. I did that and they deleted it right away.
]]>Certain friends still ask me what my myspace/facebook user names are. It baffles me. We're grownups! Facebook is/was for students; I haven't been a student in fifteen years. Myspace is/was for musicians and teenagers; I've never been a musician, and teenagerhood is long gone. Plus, I own a domain and have a privately hosted blog. I have email. I have many IM accounts. What on EARTH would I need these sites for?
VERY glad I canceled and never got tempted to go back.
]]>anything owned by rupert turdoch is bound to be a trap.
]]>(Trying to contact MySpace is a waste of time. I agree with the others, delete all posts and personal info, delete all friends, set the page to private, turn off all notifications and go on your merry way.)
]]>Actually if you have a unique name I think it's a good idea to "reserve" your name in various web entity forms.
]]>I got rid of my Facebook account. They make you delete everything - wall posts, groups, friends, etc. Only then will they cancel your account. Send them an email saying that you want your account deleted, not deactivated. They will tell you to get rid of all your stuff. Once you do then they will delete your account. I tried logging on afterwards and I can't get on. Good luck!
]]>Learn how to work, kid!
]]>Like a previous poster said, in Canada, unsolicited emails have to have an opt-out link to prevent you from getting more email from that sender. I'm pretty sure the US has a similar law (I'm assuming that you are American since most readers here seem to be) so why not report them in violation? That'd get their attention pretty quick. They're sending you unsolicited emails and not allowing you to stop it.
]]>Someone started a MySpace account with my email address (which they thought was theirs), and MySpace emailed the password to me. Since I had no other recourse to the numerous "you've got a new message/friend request!" emails, I went and tried to cancel the account myself.
Same thing. Username/pass works, go to cancel, ask to get an email, never do.
I think eventually it worked, but it took multiple tries. I also think I sent an email to someone at MySpace to help me, but it took a long time to even find a contact.
]]>I tried to get CS to change my login address to my current email address(the login is an address that was deleted a year ago by the ISP, and therefore is no longer accessible to me). After the experience I had I am now firmly convinced that MS is staffed by complete fucking idiots.
I had to send FIVE emails to them before they even UNDERSTOOD what I wanted them to do. Then they refused to do it even though I provided all my account info to them. They claimed the address I wanted them to change it to already had a profile associated with it, which I know it doesn't.
Complete fucking idiots, I tell you.
]]>Why does the account have to be "deleted"? If you are addicted and afraid that you might try to sign in again, just change your password to some random thing like h49dk2ndhl112
]]>I am wondering why this is an issue. Although I have never really used myspace in favor of my real website, I was under the impression that it costs NOTHING to have a myspace page. Why not just remove everything and just leaving it a blank page?
]]>Didn't have a problem with removing myspace account, got the e-mail bam done. usually the problem sits in front of the monitor.
]]>I could report you and say you are 10 years old. ...Just did that with several wanna-be "kool n sexy" 10 and 12 year old in my neighborhood who like to harass my 10 year old by taunting her with "I am gonna write on MySpace that you are a b**ch!"
Does MySpace check out these profiles at ALL?
Shockingy, they actually responded and deleted them.
Those kids had about 4 idiotic sites each.... and they had pictures of their 10 year old selves... and even said flat out what elementary school grade they are in!
Jeepers.... can't they have someone at least glance at these things once in a while?
I can't see what anyone that works for them would do other than sell ads.
@suburbancowboy: ROFL!!! Loved the comparison.
Also loved that Yahoo had great personal profiles back in the 1997-1999 day and then carved them up and deleted a bunch of sharing ability- interests,clubs,-later groups, links, most recently photos. Later the yehoos at yahoo would create the myspace wanna-be yahoo-360 (and that is after they bought geocities) which turned out to be junk...
]]>delete everything on your page, set it to private, and enable comment approval and never go back to it.
It may not go away, but you don't have to deal with it.
]]>::shrugs::
just delete everything in the profile.
I had the same problem so I tried a different approach of changing the email account the profile to another one I use for BS stuff online (like when you just want to view a website but you have to register first - thats my dummy account). Once I changed the email address, I went to delete the account and that seemed to do the trick. I don't know why it worked, but it did.
]]>Stupid shit.
]]>I've tried every channel I could find and never was able to get through to anyone, just automated messages that someone would help me out later. I'm a bit worried because I don't know who - if anyone - is getting all my MySpace emails. It's really frustrating and ridiculously bad support, but I have to sympathize with them a bit because I can't even imagine the number of drama-fueled bullshit tech requests they get flooded with every single day.
I haven't tried to change it for a couple of months because I had just given up... I suppose I ought to try again when I get home since maybe they've changed something in the process. If anyone else has been able to get something like this done, help a brother out.
]]>I just noticed on those referenced old posts it says that they were written by "Popkin." I found that funny and yes, I'm bored at work today.
]]>Yeah, i was going to suggest the Porn thing, just be careful, dont get into legal, trouble. You can also try spamming every single person you can. Hopefully enough people will report you. and if nothing else works, just send a message to Tom.
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