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How do I delete a LibraryThing account

1v301nmx Eerste Bericht
jun 24, 2007, 2:21 pm

How do I delete a LibraryThing account? I created one in error - by distractedly typing my account's password in the username box at login - and hey presto I have an account that I don't need. How can I get rid of it?

29days
jun 24, 2007, 2:25 pm

Email Abby with the information.

3Carol420
feb 1, 2022, 8:05 am

Pleas help

42wonderY
feb 1, 2022, 8:11 am

Kristi is the person to message on this matter nowadays. Look at the very bottom of this page and click on ‘Contact.’

5norabelle414
feb 1, 2022, 8:31 am

You can delete your own account by going to Home > Settings (upper right corner) > Change or Delete (from the menu on the left)

6kristilabrie
feb 1, 2022, 9:21 am

Yes, >5 norabelle414: is correct: you can delete your account by going to https://www.librarything.com/editprofile/change. If you have any troubles, you can email me and/or Abigail at info@librarything.com (or just send me a message).


7AoMCMorrison
feb 2, 2022, 1:23 pm

>5 norabelle414: Thank you! This was helpful as a first time user of Library Thing and Tiny Cat. I am making a library for an arts organization and put my name as the user and ta-da! The entire library is now named after me. My sponsors aren't going to like that. This post helped me fix the issue.

8MarthaJeanne
feb 2, 2022, 1:39 pm

>7 AoMCMorrison: You should also mark your library as being an Organizational account: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/Organizational_accounts

9kristilabrie
feb 3, 2022, 10:46 am

>7 AoMCMorrison: You can actually request a username change instead of deleting your account entirely, if you've already done some cataloging/work to the account. (It's the same Change or delete page, just change username instead of delete account: I'm assuming you already saw this, but just in case!)

10Island_Viewpoint
jan 22, 4:24 pm

This is very helpful. Thank you