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How to Delete your Pokemon GO Account

How to Delete your Pokemon GO Account

Goodbye, Pokemon

We all go through different stages throughout our gaming lives. Some of us swap through games every few weeks or months, while others spend years on one game before moving on to another. Either way, this leaves you with a few choices: leave your account and let it collect dust or delete it and forget it exists. If you’re experiencing one of these dilemmas with Pokemon GO, don’t worry; we have a solution here. If you want to learn more, continue reading to discover how to delete your Pokemon GO account.

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How to Delete your Pokemon GO Account

Before deleting your Pokemon GO account, make sure you have the game installed on your device. If you uninstalled it previously, you’d have to quickly get it back so you can access the in-game settings menu. Once you do, launch the game and take the following steps:

  • Tap the Poke Ball at the bottom of your screen and select Settings in the top corner.
  • Choose Advanced Settings.
  • Scroll down until you find “Delete Account.” Tap this and pick Continue to go through with account deletion.

Be careful if you’re linked to Niantic Wayfarer, though! If you are, you’ll lose access to Wayfarer completely alongside your Pokemon GO account.

Alternate Method

If the method above doesn’t work, you can contact the official Pokemon GO Help Center and create a ticket through its form. You’ll have to enter your username and email before choosing “Delete My Account” under Issue Category. From here, Niantic’s support staff can help you delete your account.

Regardless of how you go through with deleting your account, make sure you’re certain you want it gone. There is no way to undo this, and once it’s done, it’s truly done. Only delete your account if you know that you won’t want to return to it later.

Pokemon GO is available on Android and iOS devices.


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Madison Benson
Madison was a staff writer at Prima Games who has played video games for over twenty years and written about them for over two years. Her love for video games started with turn-based strategy games like Heroes of Might and Magic and has since extended to casual farming sims, MMORPGs, and action-adventure RPGs.