I’m not using Aol, i’m using Aim. How do I delete my AIM screenname from the AIM program and system?
Believe it or not, you cannot delete AIM screen names from the America Online (AOL) computer system. AOL says this in their help system: “Q: Can I delete one of my old AIM screen names? A: No, you cannot delete old AIM screen names at this time.”
They do offer useful advice on ensuring that others cannot find your screenname, however. Let me show you both the Mac and PC solutions, Mac first:
Start up AIM and then click on AIM –> Edit Profile and make sure that it’s blank:
On the PC, you’ll want to do something a bit different. You’ll need to go to Edit –> Edit My Contact Info…. Hopefully, you’ll see this:
You’ll notice that it’s not an issue for me because I refuse to set up my address book “powered by Plaxo” and am pretty appalled that AOL made the decision to take something simple and make it so darn complex. My advice: You shouldn’t set up your Plaxo address book either. If you haven’t, you’re in good shape and that screen name should be impossible to find.
If you’re running earlier versions of AIM, then your Mac instructions might be thus: Edit –> Preferences, then click on the Controls tab and choose “Nothing About Me”. Older Windows versions of AIM have a similar preference you can specify by going to My Options –> Edit Preferences, then click on the Controls tab.
That should make the undesired AIM screen name it essentially invisible.
Another step you might want to take is to delete that screen name from your AIM program itself. According to AOL, you can do that in Windows by selecting the screenname and pressing the DELETE key. On a Mac you should be able to choose “Delete Name…” from the screen name drop-down list:
It’s still rather amazing to me that you can’t just delete AIM screen names properly, even with the latest version of AIM, but I presume there’s some logical explanation. We just don’t know what it is. 🙂
Actually, you can delete your account! (as of 2011) I did it before!
1. Open the My Account page at Cancel.AOL.com in your Web browser.
2. Sign in with your AIM account’s screen name and password.
3. Provide the answer to your AIM account’s security question to log in.
4. Click the “Cancel” link at the lower right corner of the Manage My Services & Subscriptions page.
5. Click the drop-down box under Please Select Your Reason for Canceling This Service and select a reason by clicking it in the list.
6. Click the “Cancel AOL” button at the bottom of the page.
If you are using an IMac you can go to Applications and then chuck AIM into the Trash.
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THE ABOVE SCREENAME IS THE ONE I WANT REMOVED. I HAVE A VERIZON/AOL SETUP WHICH UTILIZES THE VERISON BROADBAND AND I THOUGHT I WOULD NEED A SCREENAME WITH VERIZON. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT I CAN AND SHOULD DELETE THIS VERIZON SCREENAME BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO DO THIS. I WISH TO CONTINUE THE BROADBAND. THANK YOU
if u can please delet my facebok name please remove my name from facebok sites
I already have another account.
dude man! im sooooo mad! kan u please delete my screenname! pleaseee. i kant have it anymore, its annoying the mess out of me. its causing me extreme problems to the point where imgoing to get killed, its causing problems, imscared to go to school! please delete this s/n, ikeep changing my password. the person keeps signing on and starting so much. imso scared! delete it please!
i have an old screen name and i cant remember my password or my registered email i gave in the first time so im trying to get in to my aim and i cant so plz help me n respond back asap!!!
i need to no how to delete my accoount because i keep getting all these weird messages from websites i have never heard of please help asap
all of you people want to delete your accounts because you want a new one, right? well think about me! my account got hackedd and keeps sending all my contacts weird messages. i NEED to delete it!!!!!!!!! i think it deletes if you dont use it for a while, so ill try that, but if anyone knows a faster way, tell me please!
i want to make another acount please
i dontaim like my
Okay people. I dont understand why you want to delete your aim account anyways. If you dont want to use it then dont use it. You can always make a new account without having to worry about your previous account. there is also the feature of LINKING your accounts. So if you would like to use both of your names at the same time you can! there is no purpose of you deleting your account. Just Ignore it. I have literally 10 different AIM accounts and i only use one. So Just learn how to read. You can’t delete your account and they probably will never allow you to have the ability to do so. :\
PC TIP: AOL method not working for you? Try this.
Make sure the name you want to delete is selected. Then UNcheck the boxes next to “Remember Me”, “Save Password”, “Auto sign in” and “Sign in as invisible”. THEN hit the Delete key. The name should now be gone from the sign-in list.
I hope this helps someone else. It was driving me nuts!
and plus on my old aim profile this gut keeps writing terrible stuff on my buddy info and telling ppl bad stuff this guys making my life hell i just wanna say that aim is pretty stupid if u cant delete an old screen name
this guy who i really hate for many reasons keeps getting on my aim and changing my password! i made a new profile that he doesnt kno about but that really dosent help much if i cant delete my old profile.
CAN ANYONE HELP?!
u cant delete ur sn….if u delete it, ur friends r still gonna have ur sn on their buddies list, and if someone creates another account like urs with the same name then ur friends r gonna think its u
i want to be send for people my name is chantaye i am deaf i can help do you know experience for myspace too what new screenname and new password for myspace.
for all you people who think that you cant have more than one aim screen name you are wrong. i have 3 aim names you just go to aim.com and click get a screen name and for the email you put your old screen name in with a (@aol.com) after it, it works
hurry i want to delete because someone hijacked in my screenname few times. how ?
Is there any way I can delete a free aim account? I go to names.aol.com it says i can’t delete my account from what i understand
how do i delete my screename
hey hi im.. wondering how do i delte and aim account i want to delte it but idk how cuase some screen names were made on aol… so please get back to me i really need to delte a screen name its really inportant to get back at me ..
hey man i dont even have aol
i have sbc…my friend just wanted to try this aim but i dont lik it
can you
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please tell me how to delete plz..!!!!!!!
i dunno how
dudee.how do i delete my aim profile.?not my aim screen name but the profile because a lot of people are adding me and its getting relle annoying.and aim profiles are gay !
someone keeps hacking on my friends aim account and i rly want it to stop!cuz they are making her life really hard please help and she can’t change her password b/c her alternative e-mail was erased!!!!!!!!
i made an aim screen name which is tathyyy
and at first it was all fine then i went to sign on the next day and it says invalid screen name or password but i save all my info so there is no possible way its wrong and then i click forgot password and entered all my info and then it said
We’re sorry. We do not have enough information to reset your password.
do have any suggestion besides making another account?
SOME ONE KEEPS GETTING INTO MY OLD SCREEN NAME AND PRETENDING TO BE ME!!!! ITS MAKING EVERYTHING COMPLICATED!!! HOW DO I GET RID OF IT??? PLEASEEE I NEED HELP ASAP!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I AM BEGGING FOR YOUR HELP!!!
The aol/aim help boards appear to be flooded by people wanting to perm. delete their screen names and info. It also seems like screen names inactive for more than a year are not always deleted. Time for changes AOL, you’re making your customers mad.
one of my friends created me a aim account and i want it gone because i’m afraid my parents might find it. PLEASE DELETE MY AIM ACCOUNT!! i don’t want it. broknskellakitty is the name of it.
someone keeps hacking onto my aim screenname. can someone please delete it for me? they are saying nasty things that arent true about me and it is really hurting me. thank you. ps- my aim account is jhterp1018, pleaseeeee delete it!!!!
i just downloaded windows vista ..which now erased my old s/n on aim.. i cant seem to download the regular aim n it wont show me my buddy list or anything..i really need this as my daughter just left for college n this right now is my only way to communicate with her..could you please tell me what i have to do to get aim ..along with my old s/n and to show my buddy list..thanks
how can i delete my screen name?
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I love aim, BUT i have two aim’s i have one tht has so much junk mail and i have tried SOOOO HARD to delete the coount but i have no idea how. and now im having a problem tht somene is getting on my email account and i would LOVE to know how to dlete my lhfreak account! PLEASE TELL ME INFORMATION I KNOW!
i wish i knew why they wouldent let you delete it…tht’s pretty gay dont ya think?…lol by the way i got ohhdee sn’s…so much that i cant remember the passwords to them…exept the one im using now…n it would just be easier if ic an delete the ones i dont use anymore…i say they should make an update or something…if the owner of this site gets this comment then please send it to the owner of aolor there email…i have another question…u know how u can link screen names and switch between them on the same buddy list window? well yea i did that and i dont know how to get it away..cuz the reason i did it was to copy the screen names from one sn to the other withought sighing on and off n copying them..if u know how to stop this or get rid of the other screen name please email or IM me at SeeMyGunRun
hey dave i made a aim cause i was being stupid cause i didnt ask my parents and now i need to askl them and when i do there probally going to b there when i do it so now plz tell me how to delte my profile plz tht wil help so much
Can you please help me. I have four screen names and i want to get rid of them. Is there any way I can cancel it, or delete it? If I can’t do that, how do I get rid of the screen name on the drop down box?
How can i delete my old screen name account?!!? I want to get rid of it!