Deactivate Account
If you choose to deactivate your account by following this process
- Your profile is no longer publicly visible, and your account will not appear in OSF search results.
- If you attempt to log in, you will receive a message indicating that your account has been disabled.
- If you decide in the future that you would like to create a new OSF account using this email address, please contact us at contact@osf.io, and we will be happy to assist you.
- Any preprints or registrations you are listed on (which are intended to remain a part of the scholarly record) will need to be withdrawn before deactivation. They will remain on OSF; withdrawn items will remain visible as tombstone pages. In either case, your name will remain associated with these items, but your profile will no longer be visible.
- Any public projects
- with other contributors you will be shown as a non-claimed contributor (meaning your name will remain attached, but you will not have an active account). If you do not wish to remain associated with the project(s), please remove yourself before confirming deactivation.
- that you are the sole contributor would remain with you shown as a non-claimed contributor (meaning your name will remain attached, but you will not have an active account) unless you remove these projects, please do so before confirming the deactivation request
- Any private projects
- with other contributors, you would like to remain listed on the project(s), you will be shown as a non-claimed contributor (meaning your name will remain attached, but you will not have an active account). If you do not want your name associated with the project(s), please remove yourself from them before confirming deactivation.
- that you are the sole contributor, no other users will have access to your content after deactivation. If you would prefer to retain or remove your materials before deactivation, please ensure this is completed before proceeding.