How To Delete Your Quora Account

Simplest - Send a legal email

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Send legal email

Quora offers a deletion or a deactivation option. Deletion will permanently delete your account whereas deactivation will pause it for later use. To delete your account follow the steps below.

Delete Quora - Website - Slides & Instructions

Step #1:

Click here to open Quora. If you're already logged in, doing so will open your Quora homepage.

Quora- Delete account from website. Step 1: Open Quora

Step #2:

Click the *profile icon *on the top right

Quora- Delete account from website. Step 2: Click the profile icon

Step #3:

Click settings from the drop down menu

Quora- Delete account from website. Step 3: Click settings from the drop down menu

Step #4:

Click privacy

Quora- Delete account from website. Step 4: Click privacy

Step #5:

Click delete account

Quora- Delete account from website. Step 5: Click delete account

Step #6:

Enter password and click done

Quora- Delete account from website. Step 6: Enter password and click done

Step #7:

Click delete

Quora- Delete account from website. Step 7: Click delete

Step #8:

Click *delete *again

Quora- Delete account from website. Step 8: Click delete again

Once you confirm the deletion of your account, the account will be deactivated immediately and the deletion process will begin. If you login during the next 14 days, the account will be reactivated and deletion will be canceled.

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Questions & Answers

Question:
What happens when I delete my account?
Answer:

Deletion of your account is not reversible once the process is complete. Deleting your Quora account means that the following content will be removed from public view: Your profile including photos and bio; Your answers; Comments; Blog posts; Votes; Endorsements; Messages. Questions you may have asked will remain, since questions on Quora are community owned, but will not be associated with your name publicly.

Once you confirm the deletion of your account, the account will be deactivated immediately and the deletion process will begin. If you login during the next 14 days, the account will be reactivated and deletion will be canceled. Once the 14-day grace period has expired and your account has been deleted, your content and profile will be permanently deleted, and personal data associated with your account will be removed from Quora’s databases.

Question:
How do I deactivate my Quora account?
Answer:

Under settings on the privacy tab, click on deactivate account at the bottom. Please be aware that, by deactivating your account, you will no longer receive any emails or notifications from Quora; however, any content you've posted will still be available on the site. You can reactivate your account at any time by logging back into Quora.com or our app using your email address and password.