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How to Delete Your NBC News Account

To delete your NBC News account, you need to complete a request process. After this, your NBC News account should be deleted permanently after a waiting period.

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Walkthrough to Delete Your NBC News Account

Delete your NBC News account in eight steps.

1. Access the NBC News website

Go to the NBC News website by clicking the following link: https://www.nbcnews.com/.

NBC News homepage

2. Sign in to your NBC News account

Click the profile icon located in the top right.

NBC News profile icon

Select the option you use to access your NBC News account. 

NBC News sign in

3. Click your profile picture and “Manage Profile”

Click your profile picture located in the top right.

Then, click “Manage Profile.”

NBC News Manage Profile

You can also access the Manage Profile menu by clicking the following link: https://id.nbcnews.com/my-account?brand=nbc-news.

4. Click “Security”

Select “Security” from the left panel menu.

NBC News profile - Security link

5. Click “Delete profile”

Scroll to the section ‘Delete your NBCUniversal Profile.’

Click the “Delete profile” button.

Delete your NBCUniversal Profile - "Delete profile" button

6. Click “Confirm”

NBC will tell you more about the account deletion process and how it might impact you. Read through this pop-up.

Scroll to the bottom and click the “Confirm” button.

NBC News Delete Profile informational page

7. Enter the email confirmation code

NBC News will send you a confirmation code to the email associated with your account.

In a new tab, go to your email inbox, find the email from NBC News, and copy or note down the code.

Enter the code.

NBC News start profile deletion - email code

8. Click the checkbox and “Delete my profile”

Click the checkbox.

Then, click the “Delete my profile” button to complete the deletion process.

NBC News - checkbox and "Delete my profile" button

You have deleted your NBC News account.

Manage Additional Privacy Choices

Even though you have deleted your nbcnews.com account, nbcnews.com might still retain some of your personal information.

In order to exercise additional privacy measures, follow the steps below.

Make a data deletion request

To request the deletion of all the data associated with your NBC News account, fill out and submit the form located at the following link: https://privacyportal.onetrust.com/webform/17e5cb00-ad90-47f5-a58d-77597d9d2c16/2aa79e13-e7d2-4d45-b928-7df9a72bec32.

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