# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/61 "2013-12-06T19:35:02Z")
This thread is rapidly approaching Legend Status, along the lines of “I Burning Your Dog” and may have to be listed in The Truly Great Threads thread. Can we get it to 300 posts before then? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/62 "2013-12-06T19:57:41Z")
First take a step to the right… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/63 "2013-12-06T20:05:54Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > This thread is rapidly approaching Legend Status, along the lines of “I Burning Your Dog” and may have to be listed in The Truly Great Threads thread. > > Can we get it to 300 posts before then? Wait- is \*this \*thread the legend, or is the thread about the tuna fish in the recycle bin the legend? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/64 "2013-12-06T20:08:14Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Wait- is \*this \*thread the legend, or is the thread about the tuna fish in the recycle bin the legend? Must be treated as one, I would propose. Links to one from the other. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/65 "2013-12-06T20:11:22Z")
Concur. They’re like two tunas, harmonizing and counterpointing each other. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/66 "2013-12-06T20:11:57Z")
:smack: That’s the same OP. So _that_ explains this thread. **mayaonfiya222** , you cannot cancel your account or have your threads deleted. You can get yourself banned by breaking a number of board rules, doing so in a malicious manner. Then the board will not _let_ you post. But your membership identity will still remain, and your threads will still remain. You haven’t paid for anything. You will not be billed for anything. There is no auto deduction from your bank account. The simplest way to stop posting here, however, is to just stop posting here. Stop opening the Straight Dope in your browser. If you are getting email notifications, you can turn that off in your account. At the top of a page is a blue tool bar. Select “User CP” for control panel. The leftmost column is “Your Control Panel”. Scroll down that column to “Settings and Options” and select “Edit Options”. Go down to “Default Thread Subscription Mode” and set the dialogue box to “No email notification”. Scroll to the bottom and select “Save Changes”. You should no longer receive emails about updates to your threads. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/67 "2013-12-06T20:29:41Z")
I forgot one other option. If you wish to leave dramatically to demonstrate your protest of your treatment of this board, there is one other thing you can do. Go start a thread in The Pit. Tell everyone off that you wish to, give us your best, call everyone out for how they treated you, make your big dramatic statement. Then be sure to leave the SD and _never_ return or read that thread. Because after that, people will post whatever _they_ want in response, and that might not go the way you wish. But if you never return, then you get the last word. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/68 "2013-12-06T20:52:30Z")
Then go to the Snackpit and _really_ show us bastards! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/69 "2013-12-06T20:53:59Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > I forgot one other option. If you wish to leave dramatically to demonstrate your protest of your treatment of this board, there is one other thing you can do. > > Go start a thread in The Pit. Tell everyone off that you wish to, give us your best, call everyone out for how they treated you, make your big dramatic statement. Then be sure to leave the SD and _never_ return or read that thread. Because after that, people will post whatever _they_ want in response, and that might not go the way you wish. But if you never return, then you get the last word. Actually, doing something to get herself banned would accomplish one thing: the mods would no longer allow us to poke fun, on the “no longer here to defend herself” grounds. ---
**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, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/70 "2013-12-06T21:01:41Z")
I figure when I decide I want to undo my guestship here that the easiest and most permanent way is to just divide by zero. I think ripping and tearing the fabric of Space-Time into itty bitty shreds and thereby destroying all Existance in that manner should effectively take care of my guestship here. And the SDMB too. And you all might want to consider that as a warning to not piss me off. Capisce? ---
**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, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/71 "2013-12-06T21:10:48Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Something like “fuck you, cuntlapping moderators, I hope you all die! Here’s a link to my website: discountbathsalts.biz. If you delete it (or any of my sock accounts), I’m gonna sue the Creative Loafing for a million dollars! Now who else here likes kiddie porn?” That oughta do it! > [@Irishman](#): > > I forgot one other option. If you wish to leave dramatically to demonstrate your protest of your treatment of this board, there is one other thing you can do. > > Go start a thread in The Pit. Tell everyone off that you wish to, give us your best, call everyone out for how they treated you, make your big dramatic statement. Then be sure to leave the SD and _never_ return or read that thread. Because after that, people will post whatever _they_ want in response, and that might not go the way you wish. But if you never return, then you get the last word. OH yeah, she should definitely do that. > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Actually, doing something to get herself banned would accomplish one thing: the mods would no longer allow us to poke fun, on the “no longer here to defend herself” grounds. Hmm, good point. Okay, don’t flame out spectacularly. Flame out slowly and quietly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/72 "2013-12-06T21:11:06Z")
When I _really_ want someone banned, I decapitate their user profile, put a stake through the heart of the corpse and a clove of garlic in its mouth, and bury it at a crossroads at midnight. But I can’t be doing that for just anybody. ---
**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, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/73 "2013-12-06T21:11:18Z")
> [@mayaonfiya222](#): > > **How do I cancel my account?** > ??? 1. Left-click on the “User CP” button in the upper left hand corner of the screen. 2. Go down one line to the “Your Profile” button and left-click again. 3. Write the word “CANCEL” in large letters diagonally across the screen in Magic Marker(black only, please). 4. Hit “Enter” ---
**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, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/74 "2013-12-06T21:37:41Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > They’re like two tunas, harmonizing and counterpointing each other. Can you carry a tuna? Then you know what to do. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/75 "2013-12-06T21:37:42Z")
**Czarcasm** , for a second, there, I thought that you were providing and easy, simple way to cancel an account. I was prepared to feel disappointed, because that would be something of a letdown after all of these comments. You did not disappoint. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/76 "2013-12-06T21:39:06Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > This thread is rapidly approaching Legend Status, along the lines of “I Burning Your Dog” and may have to be listed in The Truly Great Threads thread. > > Can we get it to 300 posts before then? > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Wait- is \*this \*thread the legend, or is the thread about the tuna fish in the recycle bin the legend? > [@Zeldar](#): > > Must be treated as one, I would propose. Links to one from the other. it’s kinda like the chunks/oil and the lingering smell. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/77 "2013-12-06T21:41:47Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Can you carry a tuna? Then you know what to do. Not a whole tuna–only a few scales. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/78 "2013-12-06T21:45:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > When I _really_ want someone banned, I decapitate their user profile, put a stake through the heart of the corpse and a clove of garlic in its mouth, and bury it at a crossroads at midnight. …and then do you catch a Greyhound bus and ride? I think it’s required. ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/79 "2013-12-06T22:14:23Z")
Ya’ll are evil. Pure evil. Brings a tear to my eye, it does. ::sniffle:: ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648/80 "2013-12-06T23:50:15Z")
Maybe if this thread got moved over to the pit it won’t get shut down? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cancel-my-account/675648.md?page=5)