5 Steps to Permanently Delete Your AIM Account

Get rid of your AOL profile for good

What to Know

  • Sign in to the AOL account termination page with your AOL or AIM user name and password, then select Continue to Delete My Account.
  • If you change your mind within 30 days of deleting the account, reactivate it by logging in to your AOL or AIM Mail account.

This article explains how to delete an AIM account. When you cancel an AOL account, you permanently lose access to your data and content such as emails, contacts, and calendar events.

How to Delete Your AIM Account

Here's how to manually close your AIM account, including your AOL email account:

  1. Sign in to the AOL account termination page with your AOL or AIM user name and password.

    Read and understand the termination information before continuing with the cancellation process.

  2. Select Continue Delete My Account to terminate your AOL or AIM Mail account.

    Continue delete my account button in AOL
  3. On the confirmation screen, enter your AOL or AIM Mail email address.

  4. Select Yes, Terminate This Account to proceed.

    Yes, terminate this account button on AOL
  5. Wait until a notice appears informing you that your account has been deactivated and scheduled for cancellation. Select Got It to complete the cancellation.

    Got it button in AOL

If you abandon your AOL account by refraining from logging in for 90 days, it might become deactivated and unusable until you reactivate it. Deleting the account permanently removes your username and access to your account.

Recover Your AOL or AIM Mail Account

If you change your mind within 30 days of deleting the account, reactivate it to begin using it again.

The hold period for accounts registered in Australia, India, or New Zealand is 90 days. The hold period for accounts registered in Brazil, Hong Kong, or Taiwan is 180 days. You can reactivate these accounts within the hold period.

  1. Log into your AOL or AIM Mail account with your old user name and password.

    If prompted, enter a text verification code or CAPTCHA test to continue signing in.

    Continue button after sign in on AOL
  2. Set a new password by typing it into the New Password field and reentering it into the Confirm New Password field.

    Password field on AOL
  3. Select Continue to complete the recovery and access your email account. Your folders, contacts, and calendar events will also be available.

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