How to delete your Uber 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 Uber account, sign in and open the official deletion page at help.uber.com, then confirm. You get a window to undo it — the account is deactivated immediately and deleted permanently after 30 days — and logging back in during that time cancels the deletion. 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 Uber account, step by step
These steps follow Uber’s own documented process. Official links only: account deletion.
Download your trip and receipt history if you need it for expenses — access disappears with the account.
Settle any outstanding fare, unpaid balance or open dispute; Uber blocks deletion while money is owed.
Make sure the phone number on the account is one you control: Uber sends a verification code and won't delete the account without it.
Go to Settings → Privacy → Delete Account in the app (or use the account privacy site) and follow the verification steps.
Leave it alone for 30 days — the account is only deactivated at first, and signing in restores it.
How long you have to change your mind
The account is deactivated immediately and deleted permanently after 30 days. Worth knowing: a phone or tablet with the app still installed can log itself back in and quietly cancel the deletion. Sign out everywhere, or remove the app, and check your email at the end of the window.
What trips people up with Uber
- Deleting your rider account also deletes an Uber Eats account using the same details, which catches out people who only wanted to stop one of them.
- If you can't receive the verification code on the number attached to the account, deletion is impossible until you fix the phone number first.
- Uber Cash balance and promotional credit are forfeited rather than refunded, so spend it before you start.
Maybe you don’t want to delete it
Deleting saved addresses and payment methods, and turning off marketing messages, removes most of what Uber holds while keeping your trip receipts.
What still exists after the account is gone
- Trip records Uber retains for legal, safety and tax reasons
- Ratings and comments drivers left on your trips
- Receipts already emailed to you or your employer
And the bigger one, which has nothing to do with Uber: 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 Uber 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 Uber account, answered
How do I delete my Uber account?
Start at Uber's official deletion page (help.uber.com) while signed in to the account you want gone. Work through the confirmation steps, then stay logged out: the account is deactivated immediately and deleted permanently after 30 days.
Can I get my Uber account back after deleting it?
There is a window: the account is deactivated immediately and deleted permanently after 30 days. Inside it, signing back in usually restores everything and cancels the deletion — which is also why an app left installed on an old phone can undo a deletion you thought was done. After the window closes, it is gone.
What still exists after I delete my Uber account?
More than most people expect. Trip records Uber retains for legal, safety and tax reasons; Ratings and comments drivers left on your trips; Receipts already emailed to you or your employer. 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 Uber account instead of deleting it?
Deleting saved addresses and payment methods, and turning off marketing messages, removes most of what Uber holds while keeping your trip receipts. 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 Uber 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 Uber 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.