How to delete your Amazon account
The official route, in the right order: export what you’ll miss, unhook whatever depends on the account, then delete it. Below the steps we’re also straight with you about the part most guides skip — what carries on existing after the account is gone.
To delete a Amazon account, sign in and open the official deletion page at www.amazon.com, then confirm. It is not reversible: you must confirm within five days of the request, then closure is permanent. Deleting the account closes the account. It does not remove your name, address, phone number or relatives from the data-broker and people-search sites that already copied them — those need a separate opt-out.
Delete your Amazon account, step by step
These steps follow Amazon’s own documented process. Official links only: account deletion.
Download your order history and any invoices you need for warranties, expenses or tax — after closure you cannot retrieve them.
Spend gift-card balance and Amazon credit: it is forfeited, not refunded, when the account closes.
Cancel Prime, Kindle Unlimited, Audible and any Subscribe & Save orders, and de-register Kindle, Fire and Echo devices.
Wait for open orders and returns to complete — Amazon will not close an account with unresolved transactions.
Submit the closure request on the official page, then reply to the confirmation email or text within five days to finish it.
This one does not come back
You must confirm within five days of the request, then closure is permanent. Export everything you might want before you confirm, because support cannot restore the account afterwards even if you ask the same day.
What trips people up with Amazon
- Closing the account applies across every Amazon site worldwide and cannot be undone — a new account starts you from zero with no order history.
- Kindle books, Audible audiobooks and digital films are licences tied to the account: they stop working and cannot be transferred anywhere.
- The request expires silently if you don't answer the confirmation message within five days, which is why some "closed" accounts are still open.
Maybe you don’t want to delete it
Clearing your browsing history, turning off personalised ads and removing saved addresses and cards achieves most of the privacy benefit without losing your order history and purchases.
What still exists after the account is gone
- Reviews you posted, unless you delete them individually first
- Order records Amazon keeps for legal and tax reasons
- Your name and address inside delivery and marketing databases
And the bigger one, which has nothing to do with Amazon: data brokers and people-search sites keep their own profile of you, assembled from public records, marketing lists and scraped social profiles. Your name, age, address history, phone number and relatives sit on those sites whether or not you still have a Amazon account — that’s why people delete everything, search their own name, and find themselves still listed on the first page.
See where I’m listed — free →After deleting: three things worth doing
- Opt out of the broker sites. This is the step that actually shrinks what a stranger can find about you. Our free opt-out guide walks through 190 of them, one by one.
- Check what already leaked. The email and password behind the account may sit in known breach data regardless of whether the account still exists. A free breach check tells you which dumps include it.
- Clean up the search results. Cached pages and old profiles can outlive the account by weeks — see how to clean up your Google results.
Deleting a Amazon account, answered
How do I delete my Amazon account?
Start at Amazon's official deletion page (www.amazon.com) while signed in to the account you want gone. Work through the confirmation steps, then expect it to be final — you must confirm within five days of the request, then closure is permanent.
Can I get my Amazon account back after deleting it?
No. You must confirm within five days of the request, then closure is permanent. Neither you nor Amazon support can restore the account or its contents, so make sure you have exported anything you care about before confirming.
What still exists after I delete my Amazon account?
More than most people expect. Reviews you posted, unless you delete them individually first; Order records Amazon keeps for legal and tax reasons; Your name and address inside delivery and marketing databases. Deletion removes your account and the copy of the data held under it — it does not reach into other people's devices, third-party archives or the databases that already copied your details.
Should I deactivate my Amazon account instead of deleting it?
Clearing your browsing history, turning off personalised ads and removing saved addresses and cards achieves most of the privacy benefit without losing your order history and purchases. Deleting makes sense when you want the data gone; pausing makes sense when you want the noise gone. It's worth being honest with yourself about which one you're after before you press anything irreversible.
Does deleting my Amazon account remove my personal information from the internet?
No, and this is the part that surprises people. Data brokers and people-search sites built their profiles of you from public records, marketing lists and scraped social profiles — they hold their own copy, and closing an account on Amazon does nothing to it. Your name, age, address history, phone number and relatives stay listed and searchable until you opt out of those sites one by one, or have it done for you.