# How do I cancel my account? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 6, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648 "2013-12-06T05:03:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mayaonfiya222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@mayaonfiya222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mayaonfiya222)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/1 "2013-12-06T05:03:01Z")
??? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/2 "2013-12-06T05:10:49Z")
I’m missing something here. Is it me? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/3 "2013-12-06T05:12:27Z")
You stop posting. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/4 "2013-12-06T05:13:29Z")
Squirt mustard into your USB ports until the computer goes dark. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/5 "2013-12-06T05:14:14Z")
Bye! You’re done! If you never post here again, you can thank me for cancelling your account. But how will you? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/6 "2013-12-06T05:16:04Z")
> [@mayaonfiya222](#): > > ??? You can’t. You’re trapped forever. _FORRREEEVVVVEEEERRR!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/7 "2013-12-06T05:17:36Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > You can’t. > You’re trapped forever. _FORRREEEVVVVEEEERRR!!!_ Now, now! Don’t discourage **mayaonfiya222**. He might come back! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/8 "2013-12-06T05:21:05Z")
There is no way to cancel your account. No joke. Accounts are only deleted here for spammers and socks, at the moderators’ discretion. Just stop posting, if that’s what you want to do. ---
**Author:** ![mayaonfiya222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@mayaonfiya222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mayaonfiya222)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/9 "2013-12-06T05:50:37Z")
?? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/10 "2013-12-06T05:52:00Z")
> [@mayaonfiya222](#): > > ?? Reported. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/11 "2013-12-06T06:01:31Z")
It’s against the rules to request for your account to be canceled. The penalty is that your account will be canceled. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/12 "2013-12-06T06:04:39Z")
Why should you wish to? Just stop posting here. You’ll be soon forgotten. Nobody is going to dig up your posts and embarrass you. We promise. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/13 "2013-12-06T06:12:45Z")
FYI – Here is a link to the thread that seems to have precipitated this request: [My neighbor threw tuna fish in my recycling can - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=709603) ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/14 "2013-12-06T06:16:56Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Why should you wish to? > > Just stop posting here. You’ll be soon forgotten. Nobody is going to dig up your posts and embarrass you. We promise. No need to now that we have the photos the drones took.😛 ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/15 "2013-12-06T06:37:50Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > FYI – Here is a link to the thread that seems to have precipitated this request: [My neighbor threw tuna fish in my recycling can - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=709603) Wow - I’ve heard of trolling _ **for** _ tuna - but never trolling _ **with** _ tuna - much less out of a can - I’ve reported several of this friendly persons posts - this [one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16905974&postcount=51) alone is enough to get a warning. **mayaonfiya222** - keep up what you’re doing in that thread - you’ll get banned soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/16 "2013-12-06T06:40:45Z")
Don’t give up on this board so fast. You got honest answers to your question. Just because it wasn’t what you wanted to hear doesn’t mean the posters are dumb (your word), in fact it’s quite the opposite. People on this board can immediately tell when they’re being played. You can learn a lot here, you should stick around for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/17 "2013-12-06T06:53:33Z")
What you need to do is ramp up to a spectacular flame-out. Do whatever it takes to make this happen! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/18 "2013-12-06T07:14:03Z")
> [@mayaonfiya222](#): > > ?? Why don’t you just stop posting? ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/19 "2013-12-06T11:48:49Z")
You can check in, but you can never leave. ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/20 "2013-12-06T11:55:55Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Squirt mustard into your USB ports until the computer goes dark. youi jerkk i just truied thaat iout asnd not onlys isd my ascounnht5 noty cancdeeled bnut myu keyuboarrd is alll stickkyy [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648.md?page=2)