You can delete your FamilySearch Account in Settings.
Before you start
- We cannot restore a deleted account.
- If you delete your account, you lose contributor rights to discussions, sources, memories, and GEDCOM uploads.
- If you have more than one FamilySearch account, we cannot merge them.
When you delete an account, you lose visibility for information in Family Tree:
- Living or confidential people in Family Tree
- Your Following List
- "My Contributions" information
- Indexing statistics
- Activities
- Messaging
- Notifications
What does the system delete?
- Your account and settings
- Your ability to edit contributions to Familysearch.org
- Indexing totals and reviewer privileges
What remains?
- Information you added to Family Tree
- Memories (photos, stories, documents, audio files) you added
- GEDCOMs you uploaded
Steps (website)
- Sign in to the FamilySearch account you want to delete.
- In the top-right, click your name and then click Settings.
- Click the Account tab and scroll to the bottom.
- Click Delete Account.
- A new window appears. To verify that you want to permanently delete your account, click Continue.
- To verify your identity, enter your username and password.
- Click Delete Account.