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How to delete my account

This article covers how to delete your Vimeo account and the implications of doing so. We strongly recommend exercising caution when considering whether and when to delete your account.

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What to know before deleting your account

  • Deleting your account (or anything else, like a video or comment) will remove it from public view on Vimeo.
  • After it’s deleted, we may retain some of your information and activity on our internal servers for a time for certain legal purposes. Support cannot restore an account that you have deleted yourself, so be sure before you proceed.
  • Your account will not be viewable to the public. Please note that deleting videos, profile pictures, comments, or descriptions may not ensure complete or comprehensive removal because third parties may have reposted your material, and search engines may have indexed or cached it before you deleted it. We have no control over third-party sites or search engine results.
  • If your goal is simply to stop paying, you should Cancel my subscription. Instead, this will revert your account to a free plan at the end of your billing cycle without deleting your content.
  • If you purchased your subscription through the Apple App Store or Google Play, deleting your Vimeo account will not cancel that subscription. You must cancel it directly in your App Store or Google Play subscription settings, or you will keep being charged.

⚠️ Important: Once an account is deleted, we cannot guarantee that any information is retained, which means we will not be able to restore account details, assets, or activity. If you have questions related to restoring your account, contact us.

How to delete your account

If you're sure you'd like to permanently delete your Vimeo account and all content associated with it, follow these steps: 

  1. Log in to your Vimeo account.

  2.  Select your avatar in the upper right corner to open the main menu, scroll down to select Settings.

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    💡Tip: You can follow this Settings link to go to the page directly.

  3. Select the Privacy tab.
  4. Click Delete your account and follow the on-screen instructions.
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This will permanently remove your account on Vimeo and all your videos, collections, likes, comments, etc. from Vimeo. Here's what else deleting your account does:

  • Your account and its content are removed from public view on Vimeo.
  • Third-party sites and search engines may still show cached or reposted copies — we have no control over those results.
  • Your content and billing history are removed. If there are videos you want to keep, download them before you delete your account.
  • If you only need to remove a few items, you can delete individual videos, comments, channels, or groups without deleting your whole account (see below).

How to unsubscribe an account created via a third party (Google, Facebook, Apple)

If you signed up for a Vimeo account via a third party like Google, you will need to create a Vimeo password to unsubscribe your account. See the steps at How to update your password to create a password before attempting to delete your account. Then, follow the steps above.

What if I can't access my account to delete it?

If you can't log in and can't complete the deletion yourself, we may still be able to delete the account for you — but only after we've confirmed that the account is yours. Here's what we need, depending on your situation:

  • If you can still receive email at the account's primary login email: reply to us from that address. Your reply from that inbox is the proof we need — a reply from any other address won't work.
  • If you no longer have access to that email: send us evidence of your most recent payment — a receipt or invoice (from Vimeo, Apple, Google Play, or PayPal), or the card details used: the last 4 digits, the expiry date (unless the card has already expired), the name on the card, the exact date of the charge, and the exact amount charged.

If we can't verify that you own the account, we can't delete it. That's a firm rule, not a matter of discretion — it is how we protect the account and everything in it. And please never send us your full card number or your password: we never need either.

How to remove specific content from your account

If you don't want to permanently delete your entire account, you can remove individual items. See the guides below for more information on deleting specific content:

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