How to delete your Myspace account
Myspace was the world's largest social network before Facebook overtook it in 2008, and enormous numbers of dormant mid-2000s profiles are still live and search-indexed today. The service is operated by Myspace LLC of Irvine, California, whose privacy requests are handled through Viant Technology. It still holds the Registration Information you supplied at signup — the privacy policy lists 'full name, e-mail address, date of birth, zip code, and gender' — alongside your profile photo and cover image, stated location, age, gender, Myspace IDs and profile URL, your posts, comments, 'Mixes', Top 8 / connection graph, messages, and your music and video consumption history (which the policy says 'will be Public Information'). Critically, Myspace's privacy policy lists Full Name, Username, Profile URL, Profile Photo, Profile Cover, Stated Location, Gender, Age and Myspace IDs as 'Public Information that cannot be changed to Restricted Information' — no privacy setting hides them, so deleting the account outright is the only way to remove them.
Delete your Myspace account, step by step
- 1Open myspace.com in a desktop web browser and sign in. Deletion cannot be completed on a phone — the official help article states: "The option to delete your profile can only be completed from a computer. You cannot delete the profile from a mobile device."
- 2Click the Gear icon
- 3Select "Account" to open your settings page (myspace.com/settings/profile)
- 4Click "Delete account"
- 5Select a reason for the removal
- 6Click "Delete my account" to confirm
- 7Use the Delete Profile Form instead if either applies: you have no access to a computer (the delete article's stated reason), or you can no longer log in — Myspace's Google-search help article says "If you haven't logged into your profile in a long time and need help deleting your account, please fill out this form." Go to help.myspace.com, click "Submit a request", and choose "Delete Profile Form" from the request-type dropdown (the delete article links straight to it)
- 8On the Delete Profile Form, supply your full name, the "Current Myspace Email Address" on the account, your "Myspace URL/Username", the "Name on profile" (the name shown under the main display photo), your "Date of birth" in yyyy-mm-dd format including the dashes, the "Zip Code on profile", and the "State/Country profile was created". Artist/music profiles must also give the "Music Genre". Tick "I am a EU Citizen" if applicable
- 9Submitting the form means agreeing to its attestation: you swear "under penalty of perjury that the information contained in this document is true and correct, and that the aforementioned Myspace profile was created and maintained by me", and you "waive any claims against, indemnify and hold harmless" Myspace and its affiliates. Expect a manual, human review rather than an instant deletion
What actually happens when you delete
Gets removed
- ✓Your profile and its public URL, profile photo, cover image, stated location, age, gender and Myspace IDs — the fields Myspace otherwise classifies as unchangeable 'Public Information'
- ✓Your Registration Information: the 'full name, e-mail address, date of birth, zip code, and gender' collected at signup
- ✓Your posts, comments, Mixes, Top 8, and your inbound/outbound connections
- ✓Photos, videos and audio files still hosted on Myspace's servers under your profile (much older media is already gone — see below)
- ✓Access to your Myspace messages, which go with the account. Note the policy does not promise removal of copies held by other members
- ✓Ongoing commercial use of your data — the US privacy notice states that on account deletion Myspace 'will no longer maintain your PI other than for record keeping purposes, and we will not Sale or Share it or use it for Targeted Advertising'
Stays behind
- ✗Backup copies on Myspace's servers, retained 'for as long as is reasonably necessary after cancellation for fraud detection, site operation or to comply with applicable law or our internal security policies' — no fixed deletion date is published
- ✗Personal information Myspace keeps 'for record keeping purposes', plus data held under its stated retention rights: security, legitimate internal business purposes, complying with law and cooperating with law enforcement, and exercising or defending legal claims
- ✗Anything you posted on another member's profile or activity feed — Myspace says you must 'bring the location of that data to our attention' and it will only make 'reasonably good faith efforts to remove the PI from prospective public view or anonymize it' after verifying you
- ✗Google's cached profile pages and image thumbnails. Myspace's help article confirms deleted content stays searchable because 'Google caches search results', with 'no time frame for how often this occurs'
- ✗Data already disclosed before deletion to Myspace's affiliates and to the Third-Party Digital Businesses and Third-Party Linked Services described in the privacy policy
- ✗Third-party copies outside Myspace's control: Internet Archive snapshots, screenshots, and — per widely published reporting rather than any Myspace page — the credential dump from the Myspace breach disclosed in 2016, reported at roughly 360 million records
Before you delete
The real obstacle is almost never the delete button — it's getting back in. Myspace's account recovery depends entirely on the email address you registered with, and its help center states outright that if that mailbox is gone, it cannot restore access. The Delete Profile Form is the documented fallback, but it demands details most people no longer remember (ZIP code on the profile, the state/country where it was created, exact date of birth in yyyy-mm-dd) and requires swearing 'under penalty of perjury' that you created and maintained the profile, plus a clause where you 'waive any claims against, indemnify and hold harmless' Myspace and its affiliates. Expect a slow, manual review; Myspace's CCPA metrics for calendar year 2025 report 1,258 deletion requests received, of which 1,128 were completed and 130 were not verified, with 'an average of 8 days to fulfill each request' across all request types. Two further gotchas: deletion must be done on a desktop computer, and the privacy policy's 'Public Information' clause means that until you delete, your full name, username, profile URL, profile photo, cover, stated location, gender, age and Myspace IDs stay publicly visible and search-indexable no matter what privacy settings you choose — setting a profile to private is not a substitute. Finally, don't count on saving old uploads first: Myspace's help center says that where images no longer load, they 'are no longer located on our servers and we cannot assist with retrieving your photos', consistent with the widely reported 2019 server-migration data loss.
Download your data from Myspace first
Most platforms only honor a data-export request while the account is still active. Do this before you delete.
- 1Sign in to myspace.com on a desktop browser
- 2Click the Gear icon and open the settings menu
- 3Look for the "download content" tool. Myspace's US privacy notice states this feature is "currently available to some members but will be expanded to all" — if it is not in your settings menu, you cannot self-serve an export
- 4If the tool is missing, submit a Right to Know (Specific Pieces) / access request through the Consumer Rights Request Portal linked from myspace.com/pages/privacy, or email [email protected]. Myspace says it does not accept requests by any other means (fax, chat, social media)
- 5Expect identity verification: the notice applies a "reasonably high degree of certainty" standard for specific-pieces requests, described as matching "at least three non-publicly available data points" plus "a signed declaration under penalty of perjury". It also warns it will "typically be unable to confidently authenticate a member that is not logged in"
- 6California, Virginia and Colorado residents are entitled to access PI up to twice in a 12-month period; Connecticut and Utah residents once every 12-month period, with subsequent requests subject to a service fee
Want to take a break instead? Deactivate
Deactivation hides your profile without permanently destroying it. Logging back in restores everything.
- 1Myspace has no self-service deactivate option. The only documented alternative to full deletion is an account "freeze", which support can apply to a member it can sufficiently verify but who cannot log in. Myspace's US privacy notice describes it as removing "your profile from public view" and says the request is also treated as a do-not-Sell/Share/Target opt-out. To ask for it, submit a request through the Consumer Rights Request Portal linked from myspace.com/pages/privacy, or email [email protected], and state that you cannot access the account and want it frozen. Separately, you can reduce exposure without deleting by setting the profile to private (Restricted) in your Profile Settings — but Myspace warns that "your profile URL, name on the profile, and the main display photo will still be considered public" regardless.
If deletion fails — or you live in the EU, UK, or California
You have a legal right to request erasure of your personal data under GDPR (EU/UK) and CCPA (California). Use these official channels if the self-service flow doesn't work.
Myspace deletion FAQs
I can't remember my Myspace password and the old email is dead — can I still delete the account?+
Yes, but not through the normal flow. Myspace's help center is blunt: 'If you cannot regain access to the email address linked with the Myspace profile, we will not be able to provide you with access to the profile. If the email address has been deleted, we cannot assist with access.' You cannot get back in — but you can still get the profile removed. Go to help.myspace.com, click 'Submit a request', and pick 'Delete Profile Form'. You will need to prove ownership with your full name, the old email address, the profile URL/username, the display name on the profile, your date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd), the ZIP code on the profile, and the state/country where it was created, and swear under penalty of perjury that the profile was created and maintained by you.
Why can't I find the delete button in the Myspace app or on my phone?+
Because it isn't there. Myspace's official 'Delete your Profile' article states the option 'can only be completed from a computer. You cannot delete the profile from a mobile device.' Open myspace.com in a desktop browser, click the Gear icon, choose 'Account', then 'Delete account'. If you genuinely have no access to a computer, the same article tells you to fill out the Delete Profile Form instead.
I deleted my Myspace profile but my photos still come up when I Google my name. How do I fix that?+
Deletion doesn't purge Google's index. Myspace's own help article explains that 'Google caches search results, which means that deleted content is still visible and searchable' and that 'There is no time frame for how often this occurs.' Once the profile is genuinely gone, that same article walks you through copying each image's Myspace CDN link and submitting it to Google's Remove Outdated Content tool (search.google.com/search-console/remove-outdated-content), and warns you may need multiple requests. Note that if you merely set the profile to private instead of deleting it, Myspace says 'your profile URL, name on the profile, and the main display photo will still be considered public' and may keep appearing.
Can I deactivate my Myspace account instead of deleting it, or get it back afterwards?+
Myspace offers no user-facing deactivate or reactivate option, and publishes no grace period — the settings flow only offers 'Delete my account'. The one middle ground is a 'freeze', which the US privacy notice describes for a member who cannot log in but whom Myspace can sufficiently verify: freezing 'will remove your profile from public view', and the request is also treated as a do-not-Sell/Share/Target opt-out. You have to ask support for it; there is no button.
Does deleting my account actually erase my data, or does Myspace keep it?+
Partly kept. The privacy policy says Myspace 'may also retain backup information related to your Account and associated Profile(s) on our servers for as long as is reasonably necessary after cancellation for fraud detection, site operation or to comply with applicable law or our internal security policies' — no end date is given. Its US state privacy notice adds that after account deletion it will 'no longer maintain your PI other than for record keeping purposes', and separately lists retention rights for security, legitimate internal business purposes, law-enforcement cooperation and legal claims. So the public profile goes; some back-end copy does not.
Can I download my Myspace data before I delete it?+
Maybe — the export tool has never been fully rolled out. Myspace's US privacy notice describes a 'download content' tool in the settings menu and says the feature 'is currently available to some members but will be expanded to all'. If you don't see it, submit a Right to Know (Specific Pieces) request through the Consumer Rights Request Portal linked from myspace.com/pages/privacy, or email [email protected]. Expect heavy verification — the notice describes matching 'at least three non-publicly available data points' plus 'a signed declaration under penalty of perjury'. Also temper your expectations about old uploads: Myspace's own help article says that where images no longer load, 'the photos are no longer located on our servers and we cannot assist with retrieving your photos.' This is generally reported to stem from a botched server migration disclosed in 2019 that wiped years of pre-2016 photos, videos and audio.
Someone else's Myspace post contains my personal information — can I get that removed?+
You can ask, but the outcome isn't guaranteed. Myspace's US privacy notice says that where your personal information is published in a way you can't delete yourself — 'in another member's post or when you have posted on another member's activity feed' — you may 'bring the location of that data to our attention', and if it can sufficiently verify you it will 'make reasonably good faith efforts to remove the PI from prospective public view or anonymize it'. Submit that through the Consumer Rights Request Portal with the exact URLs. Myspace explicitly cautions that 'This removal process cannot ensure complete or comprehensive removal' because third parties may have republished or archived the content.
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