Close a Yelp Account
Do you want to delete your Yelp account? The link for closing your account isn't readily accessible from their profile or settings menu, but the process is straight-forward once you find the right page.
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Steps
Closing a Personal Account
- Log into the Yelp account that you want to close. You'll need to log into the Yelp website, as you cannot close your account from the mobile app or mobile site.
- Closing your account will remove all of the reviews you have posted as a Yelp consumer, as well as any pictures you have uploaded and comments you have made in the Yelp forums.
- Delete any reviews or images you want removed immediately. When you close your Yelp account, Yelp will eventually remove your content, but this could take a while. If there are reviews or images you want removed immediately, delete them yourself before closing your account.
- You can find your reviews in the About Me section of the Yelp website. Click the "Remove" link for each review you want to get rid of.
- You can delete photos by opening the business page that you uploaded the photo for. Select the photo you want to remove, then select "Edit caption". This will display the "Remove" button for the photo.
- Visit the Yelp Account Closure page. Copy and paste the following address into your browser's address bar: yelp.com/support/contact/account_closure.
- You cannot delete your account from your account settings or by using the mobile app.
- Enter anything into the box. Yelp asks for a reason that you're closing your account. You don't have to enter anything specific, but you must type something into the box before you can proceed.
- Click "Send" to send off your account closure request. Your account will not be deleted immediately. You'll need to wait for a confirmation email, which may take a little while to appear in your inbox.
- Open the confirmation email. It will be sent to the email address associated with your Yelp account.
- Click the link to confirm that you want to close the account. Click the "Close Account" button to make it official. You won't be able to recover the account after doing this.
- Wait for your content to be deleted. Once you confirm that you want to close your account, your data will begin to be deleted. This process does not happen all at once, but over the next week or so all of your photos and reviews will be deleted from Yelp.
Closing a Business Account
- Understand the limitations. You can relinquish control of your Yelp business account, but you cannot remove your business listing from Yelp. The only way that Yelp business owners have gotten listings removed is through lawsuits against Yelp.
- Visit the business account closure page. You'll need to submit a form to Yelp in order to relinquish control over your business account. You can find the form here.
- Fill out the details. You'll need to prove that you're the owner of the business, and you will need to enter a valid contact email address.
- Wait to be contacted. Yelp will likely contact you before removing your access to the business account. This is to prevent someone from removing your access without your permission.
- Wait for the account access to be removed. This may take some time to complete. Remember, you cannot remove your business listing from Yelp.
Tips
- Be sure that you really want to close your account. Closures are permanent, meaning that your account cannot be restored. Any reviews and images you have added will be lost forever.
Warnings
- It may take a little while for your reviews and images to be removed from the site, but it will happen automatically after you close your account.
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