To remove your account, head to your Account Settings.
If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you should see the red "delete account" button. Click it! Feel free to offer feedback on your Academia experience, if you'd like.
We'll then ask you to confirm. If you click confirm, your account should be deleted within 24 hours. Please wait up to 24 hours to contact us if you believe your account has not been deleted.
Please note the following:
- Academia.edu strives to product all our users' privacy. When you delete your account, we completely destroy all your user information on the site. Accounts that have been deleted cannot be restored.
- Deleting your account does not generate a refund request or change your refund eligibility. If you are eligible for a refund, you must contact us for that refund regardless of your account status; if your payment was not eligible for a refund, deleting your account does not make it eligible.