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Meetup is a popular service for organizing online groups, which host in-person events for people with the same interests. However, if you want to leave Meetup for whatever reason, you might want to delete your account. 

 Deleting your Meetup account is a straightforward process. However, Meetup calls this procedure as permanent account deactivation. 

Note: Deleting your Meetup account is permanent and cannot be recovered. 

How to delete my Meetup account 

1. Visit meetup.com and sign in to your account.
   
   
2. Click on your profile at the top right corner.
   
   
3. Select Settings from the dropdown menu.
   
   
4. Scroll down to the bottom and click on Deactivate your account.
   
   
5. Type in your password and click Submit.
   
   

Note: You cannot delete your Meetup account from the app.

Close your Meetup account created through Facebook, Google, or Apple ID. 

If you have signed up on Meetup using your Facebook, Google, or Apple ID, you have to create a password for your Meetup account before deleting your account. Once done, creating a password, follow the steps as mentioned above. 

Steps to create a Meetup password

1. Go to the password reset page and make sure you are signed in to your account. 
2. Type in the email address you use for Facebook, Google or Apple ID. 
3. Click on Submit. You’ll receive an email from Meetup with the instruction to create your Meetup password. 

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Care.com is an easy and trusty way to find child care, senior care, housekeeping, tutoring, special needs, and many more. However, it always doesn’t work out, and you might want to delete your care.com account. Here’s how to do it. 

Note: Deleting your account will remove your entire information from the website and its permanent. 

How to delete your Care.com account

You will require a computer to perform your account deletion as you cannot delete your care.com account from the mobile app on both Android/iOS. 

1. Visit care.com and login to your account. 
2. On the dropdown menu at the top right corner of the page, select Account Settings.
3. Scroll down on the page and click on Close Account. 
4. Provide your reason for closing your account. 

You can also choose to close your account at the end of the billing cycle if you are a premium member. 

How to delete Care.com on Android/iOS 

1. Open the Chrome web browser on your Android or iOS device. 
2. Tap on the three-dot icon at the top right corner of your screen. 
3. Enable the Desktop site feature.
4. Now, follow the same steps as given above.

Time Machine is a preinstalled app on your Mac that backups your files with ease to an external HDD or SSD. If you are running out of space, Apple automatically deletes the files to create space on your drive. However, if you want to delete these files manually, here’s how to do it. 

Before Deleting Time Machin Backups 

Time Machine app stores backups in two different ways. By default, it chooses to backup on your external drive if connected. Else it keeps the local snapshot (backups) on your internal hard drive every 24 hours. We will teach you how to delete both of them below. 

Delete Time Machine Backup Files on an External Drive

1. Open the Time Machine app on your Mac. 
2. Find the backup you want to delete.
3. Click on the gear icon (settings). 
4. Select Delete Backup and type in your password if prompt. 

Delete backup files using Finder on an external drive (Alternative Method)

1. Open Finder on your Mac. 
2. Select your backup drive (external drive) from the left pane. 
3. Under the Backup.backupdb folder, open the subfolder of which you want to delete the backup. 
4. You’ll see a list of backup folders named with their respective dates. Find the one you want to delete and right-click on it. 
5. A dropdown menu appears, select Move to Trash and confirm.
6. Now, delete these files from the Trash. 

Delete Local Snapshots on Mac

Enabling Time Machine on your Mac will start creating local snapshots (backups) every 24 hours. The local snapshots are stored within your Mac’s drive unless you run low on storage. In response, macOS automatically deletes the oldest backups. 

Apple has said that there is no need to worry about space used by snapshots on your Mac. They don’t use space for tasks like copying files, downloading files, or installing software. However, you can still manually delete these files.

Steps to disable snapshots and delete the files 

1. Open Terminal on your Mac.
2. Type sudo tmutil disablelocal and press enter.

It will delete the local snapshots files from your internal storage and disable the snapshots feature. 

If you want to re-enable the snapshots feature: 

1. Launch Terminal on your Mac. 
2. Type sudo tmutil enablelocal and hit Enter.

Chromebook is an excellent, thin-light laptop. However, you can make it even more streamlined by removing the apps you don’t need anymore. Deleting apps on your Chromebook is a quick and easy task; here’s how to do it. 

How To Remove Apps From Chromebook 

1. Open the Launcher by clicking on the circle icon at the bottom left corner of your screen.
2. Click on the up arrow icon the view all your apps. 
3. Find the app you want to uninstall and right-click on it. 
4. A dropdown menu appears, select Uninstall or Remove from Chrome. 
5. A confirmation prompt will show up, select Uninstall. The app is deleted from your Chromebook.

How To Uninstall Apps on Chromebook from PlayStore

1. Open PlayStore app on your Chromebook.
2. Click on the three horizontal lines (menu) at the top left corner. 
3. In the menu pane, select My app & games.
4. Go to the Installed tab at the top. 
5. Click on the app you want to delete.
6. Select Uninstall and confirm by choosing OK. 

How To Delete Extensions On Chromebook

1. Launch Google Chrome on your Chromebook.
2. Click on the three-dot icon (menu) at the top right corner. 
3. A dropdown menu appears, hover your mouse over More tools, and select Extensions. 
4. Click on the Remove button on the extension you want to delete.
5.  A confirmation window appears, click ok Remove. The extension is deleted from your Chromebook. 

Venmo is a widely used digital wallet in the U.S, which lets you make and share payments with your friends. However, if you are done with Venmo and want to close your Venmo account, here’s how to do it.

Note: Make sure if you have any balance left on your Venmo account, transfer it to your bank account or return the funds to the sender before deleting your account. If you close your account with any remaining balance, then you will have to contact Venmo to refund it.

Steps to delete a Venmo account using a web browser

1. Visit venmo.com on any web browser.
2. Sign in to your account if you haven’t.
3. Click on Settings at the top right corner of the page.
4. Now, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click on Close my Venmo Account.
5. Download the CSV file by clicking on the Download CSV button, it includes a record of all your transactions.
6. Click on the Next below the Closing your Venmo account heading.
7. A popup will appear, ensure that you have downloaded the history of your transaction, and click on Next.
8. At last, click on Close Account to confirm your account closure.

How To Delete a Venmo Account on Mobile

Venmo doesn’t allow you to delete your account using the app. For that, you will have to go through the web browser process as mentioned above in the article.

There are multiple ways to delete apps on Android. It is a simple process, but it may vary upon the device and on the android version your phone’s running on.

Uninstall apps on Android from Settings

• Open the Settings app on your phone.
• Now, search for Apps or Application Manager in the settings and tap on it.
• Tap on the name of the app that you want to uninstall.
• Select the app you want to delete.
• Tap on the UNINSTALL button on the app info page.
• At last, a popup will appear on your screen for the confirmation of uninstalling the app. Tap Ok and uninstallation process is complete.

Delete Apps on Android from the App Drawer

The simplest way to delete apps on Android is to uninstall them from the app drawer.

• Go to the app drawer (app menu) on your phone. You may have to scroll up from your home screen or tap on the app drawer icon. It all depends upon your device’s customization.
• Now, tap and hold on the app that you want to delete. The Uninstall option should popup somewhere. And tap on the Uninstall option.
• A prompt will appear on your screen for the confirmation of app uninstallation. Tap Ok.

And the particular app will be removed from your device.

Delete Apps using Google Play Store

You can also uninstall apps on Android using Google Play Store.

• Open Play Store from your mobile device.
• Tap on the menu icon (≡) on the upper left corner of the screen beside the white search bar.
• Select the option My apps & games.
• After that, tap on the INSTALLED tab.
• List of installed apps appear, tap on the app which you want to delete from Android phone.
• Next up, tap on the UNINSTALL button
• A popup will emerge on your screen for the confirmation of the app uninstallation. And you have to tap on OK.

Now your app deletion process is complete.