How to Delete or Deactivate your Couchsurfing Account

By Abby •  Updated: 09/29/20 •  2 min read

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Couchsurfing is a popular service for connecting to travelers community around the globe. However, if you want to delete your Couchsurfing account for whatever reason, we’ve got your back. Here, we will guide you to delete your Couchsurfing account permanently. 

In addition, we will also guide you to deactivate your Couchsurfing account if you just want to take a break from Couchsurfing or hide your profile.

Permanently Close your Couchsurfing account 

Closing your Couchsurfing account will delete all your personal data and as there is no option to delete your Couchsurfing account on the site, you have to request the support team to close your account. 

Note:  Make sure to copy your profile link as you need for submitting the request. For e.g: https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/tenten-cerpa

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  1. Go to the Couchsurfing Request Submission page. 
  2. Select My Account in the Category dropdown menu.
    Click My Account
  3. In Sub Category, choose Reactivate/Deactivate/Delete.
    Select Reactivate or Deactivate orDelete
  4. Under What do you need help with?, select Deactivate or delete my account.
    Choose Deactivate or delete my account
  5. Enter your email address associated with your account at the top.
    Type in your email address 
  6. Scroll down and type in REQUEST FOR ACCOUNT DELETION as Subject.
    Type in subject
  7. Explain about your account closure in Description.
    Enter description
  8. Paste your Profile link and click on Submit.
    Click submit
  9. Now, Couchsurfing support team will review your request and inbox (email) you for any further instructions or confirmation. 

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How to deactivate a Couchsurfing account

Deactivating your Couchsurfing account will completely hide your profile, and you won’t receive any emails from Couchsurfing, but you can reactivate it whenever you want. 

  1. Visit https://www.couchsurfing.com and sign in to your account.
    Sign in to Couchsurfing
  2. Click on Settings at the top right corner.
    Click Settings
  3. Select Account & Settings from the dropdown menu.
    Choose Account & Settings
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the setting page and click on Deactivate My Account.
    Click Deactivate My Account
  5. A popup will appear, select Deactivate.
    click Deactivate

 

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