We all are familiar with PlayStation and it is one of the most popular gaming platforms out there. We need to download games for PlayStation from its online store and for that, we need a PSN ( PlayStation ) account. A PSN account is must for any person using PlayStation, but what if he/she wants to delete it? So in this article, we will be discussing how to delete PlayStation Account.
While you have most of the controls of your PSN account with you, some of the fundamental controls are not accessible by users for their account. Same applies for deleting your PSN account and yes, PlayStation does not give you provision to delete your PSN account on your own.
This is because you are holding and linking a lot of data to your PSN account which is not easy to manipulate and affects a lot of users. For example, if you are deleting your PSN account, your rank for certain games on your account will also be cleared and this will affect other users too. It is somewhat tricky to delete your PSN account, although it can be done.
How to Delete your PlayStation Account?
This step by step guide will show you how to delete your Playstation account on PS4, PS3 as well as PC.
Step 1) Sign in to your PlayStation account. Get your user id and password and sign in to your PlayStation account. And go to the Help section.
Step 2) Select Account Management from the Help section.
Account Management option allows you to manipulate various settings of your PSN account. You can always check your data in there and is handy for getting useful info of your live subscriptions and purchases on products that you have used this account.
Step 3) Select PlayStation 4 option from a given list.
We are selecting this in order to delete the corresponding linked account. You can select other options too, according to your needs.
Step 4) Select My Account & Security topic from the given topics.
My Account & Security option is for managing the activity of your account. You can view and change Security settings of Account if anything wrong happens with it. You can always look up to Customer Care for more help through this option.
Step 5) Select the first option referred to as Create, Close and Change in Account security topic.
When you click on Create, Close & Change option, you will get an additional expansion box at the right side when you click on the right arrow. Now here is the thing that we need, select Close my account. There are various options available from which you can choose one. Other options perform tasks as their name suggests. You can always change your account details, and make it private for you to use without letting anyone know.
Step 6) Gather all information given on your screen for the further process.
Contact Support Team
While deleting your PlayStation account, you will need to have your Sign-in ID i.e. email address, Online ID which you named while creating your account and last one is Security information like password, birth date, etc. You need to write an email to the company regarding deleting your account or else, you will see two options. Call us and Live Chat or Email, you can have choose either one you wish to.
You can always call the support team and ask them the further procedure or else you can also have live chat with them for same. Email is also an option which can help you out in reaching them.
Mostly they ask you about your required info as given above and confirm the same. Deleting a PlayStation account is a bit tricky but this can work for you and you might get rid of it. Although your account is deleted, some of your data will as be present in their servers to make it easier while you return back to open an account with the same info.
Things to Remember before deleting PSN Account
Although deleting your PlSN account is possible with some efforts, it is not recommended to delete it permanently.
This is because when you do so, all games and achievements, as well as purchases linked with the same PlayStation account will be deleted and you will be left all disclosed. It is highly suggested that you must leave the same account and create a new one for you. Deleting PSN account also clears all the purchases made on it by you and also clears all the billing info as well as personal data.
Many people have a concern that if they delete their old PSN account, the username of the same account can be re used or not. How it works is like you will be deleting your old PSN account and all the data which was of that account will be cleared. Now your user name linked with the same account will also get clear.
Until the data gets erased completely from the server which usually takes 10 minutes time for whole verification and deletion of the account, you cannot use the same user name. After that when you create a new account and if your old user name is available, you are free to use that.
Last Words
Also, you are not recommended to use your same email id as of your deleted account. Although you can make a new account using the same email address, it would be tough to sort out notifications from the old account and new account.
So to be on a safe side, always go with a fresh email id. So this is all about deleting your PlayStation account. Best Luck !
