# Deleting my sdmb account **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 1, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549 "2023-03-01T17:30:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![otc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f9ae1b/32.png) [@otc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otc)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549/1 "2023-03-01T17:30:13Z")
how do i get rid of this account??? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549/2 "2023-03-01T17:32:03Z")
You don’t. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549/3 "2023-03-01T17:33:58Z")
Delete your bookmark and don’t come back. Easy peasy. ` ` > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > You don’t. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. Ha! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549/4 "2023-03-01T17:38:20Z")
The mere existence of an account has no significance. If your concern is email notifications, you can turn that off in your account preferences. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549/5 "2023-03-01T17:40:28Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > You don’t. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. “I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin’ Eagles, man!” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549/6 "2023-03-01T17:42:15Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > “I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin’ Eagles, man!” > **[The Big Lebowski's Eagles Line Got Jeff Bridges Into Trouble](https://screenrant.com/big-lebowski-jeff-bridges-eagles-hate-frey-henley/)** > > The Eagles weren't happy with The Big Lebowski. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549/7 "2023-03-01T17:48:44Z")
Leaving so soon? We hardly knew you.☺ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549/8 "2023-03-01T19:16:56Z")
And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549/9 "2023-03-01T21:12:09Z")
We do not delete accounts or posts here. If you want your account to be permanently or temporarily suspended (so that you can’t use it) just send me a PM or contact any of the other moderators and we can suspend your account. If you change your mind later you will need to contact us via the email that is on your account to reverse the suspension. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549/10 "2023-03-01T21:40:38Z")
Or you could just do something sufficiently outrageous enough to get yourself banned. (Not advocating, just throwing it out there.) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549/11 "2023-03-01T21:57:59Z")
You could also change your password to something random, and then forget it. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549/12 "2023-03-01T21:59:47Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > and then forget it Just don’t save it to a floppy disk, because then you will never be able to get rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleting-my-sdmb-account/980549/13 "2023-03-01T22:59:44Z")
Perpetuity. Yep, it’s real.