Website erases your online existence with the click of a button
- Deseat.me lets people sign in through their Google accounts
- It then brings back all of the accounts they have listed online
- Delete links are provided for each so users can expunge their records
- It lists everything from Facebook to YouTube and Evernote
If you ever feel like online life is getting too much, there may be a solution.
A Swedish website is offering anyone the chance to erase their online footprint with the click of a button.
You simply have email address and password, and then they can remove any and all traces linked to that address.
A Swedish website claims to help users expunge their digital existence by deleting all of their online accounts
The service, called Deseat.me, has been designed by Swedish programmers Wille Dahlbo and Linus Unnebäck.
By letting users sign in with Google, it seeks out all of the accounts a user has created online.
Using Google’s OAuth protocol to access users’ data, it then provides them with delete links for each of their accounts, enabling the user to wipe the slate clean.
Examples given on the website include Facebook, Evernote and Dribble, but would include everything from YouTube to LinkedIn.
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If you ever feel like online life is getting too much, there may be a solution. A Swedish website is offering anyone the chance to erase their online footprint with the click of a button
The website gives examples including Facebook, Evernote and Dribble (pictured), but would include everything from YouTube to LinkedIn
The site claims: ‘We give you a list of all the accounts and services you have ever created an account for.
‘We match them with direct links to their delete page, and instructions on how to delete your account for good.’
The Swedish duo write: ‘Basically the only thing you’re telling us is what accounts you want to delete.
‘That’s it, and since we use Google’s OAuth protocol we don’t have access to any of your login information.’
However, for users with a lot of accounts it could take quite a few clicks to wipe out their online presence.
Deseat.me are appears to be fairly limited at the moment.
It requires users to have a Google email address that is used for all of their online accounts.
This means that old MySpace accounts, for instance, will be missed.
The Swedish duo behind the website say it uses Google’s OAuth protocol to access users’ data. They write: ‘Basically the only thing you’re telling us is what accounts you want to delete.’
