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Log in and delete all of your personal information. If leaving certain fields blank isn’t an option, overwrite it with a clearly fake name, such as Dingus Oppenheimer IV or John Smith. Do this on all of your undeletable accounts, and remember to vary the info on each account so they can't be traced to one another. If you try to provide a different email address, the site will email it to confirm, meaning nonexistent addresses are out of the question. This brings us to the next step.

If you don't have an unidentifiable email address to associate with the account, create one with a free email host, and make sure the address you select does not include any information that can identify you.

Once you have a new anonymous email account, add it to your undeletable profile and confirm. Once it goes through, make sure your real email address no longer appears anywhere in this account.

Some sites don’t allow full deletion, forcing you to merely “deactivate” (while your information stays in the system) or abandon your account. If there is a serious legal or safety reason you need to delete your account, contact the site's owner or engineers; at the very least, you should be able to get a name change to cover your real identity. If you can’t get anyone to intervene on your behalf, try using these steps: