How to Delete Your Quora Account

Delete Quora in Settings › Privacy › Delete account. Quora waits 14 days before deleting it permanently; logging in during that time cancels it.

Steps

1. Sign in to Quora on the website.
2. Open Settings from your profile picture.
3. Go to Privacy.
4. Choose Delete account and confirm with your password.

The mobile app may not show every option; the website always does.

What happens next

Your answers and questions

Deleting the account removes your profile, answers and comments. Questions you asked may stay on Quora without your name, because other people answered them.

Deactivate instead

Quora also lets you deactivate. Your profile and content are hidden until you log in again. This is useful for a break.

Before deleting

• Download your content if you want to keep your answers.
• Cancel Quora+ through the website or your app store.
• Hand over Spaces you own to another admin.

Less drastic options

• Turn off email digests in notification settings.
• Make your profile private from search engines.
• Answer anonymously when available.

Accounts made with Google or Facebook

If you signed up through Google or Facebook, you may need to set a Quora password before you can delete the account. Use the password reset on the login page to create one.

Can't log in

Reset the password from the login page with your email. If the email is no longer yours, contact Quora through its help center.

Other accounts: delete Reddit and delete Pinterest.

Search engines and copies

Your answers can remain in search results for a few weeks after deletion while search engines update. Copies on other websites that quoted you are outside Quora's control. If you want specific answers gone quickly, delete them one by one before deleting the account, which removes them from Quora straight away.

If you only want fewer emails, turning off digests and notifications in settings stops most of them without deleting anything you wrote.

Quora Spaces

If you manage a Space, add another admin before you delete your account, otherwise the Space can be left without anyone to look after it. Followers and posts in the Space stay after you leave.

FAQ

How do I delete my Quora account?

Settings › Privacy › Delete account.

Can I undo deleting Quora?

Yes, by logging in within 14 days.

Do my Quora answers get deleted?

Yes, after the 14 days.

Related: delete Reddit · delete Pinterest · recovery email.