How To Delete a Digilocker Account in 2024

“A digital version of various documentation,” Today we will discuss about Digilocker, and the main focus will be how to delete a Digilocker account. Nowadays everyone has their own account but they don’t know how to delete an account.

As we mentioned in the above paragraph, nowadays everyone has an account in Digilocker, but some people don’t even know what is this, and why they are using this application. Well, there will be many reasons that you want to delete your account.

Before deleting the account, firstly learn something about Digilocker, why it is important to have an account on this application, and why we have to open an account on Digilocker. But If you still want to delete it, then it’s ok. We will tell every single detail in this article.

About Digilocker

Digilocker simply means a Digital Locker that secures your document in the digital locker. But first what it is? It is an application that gives you access to secure your documents in the right place where only you can visible your all important documents. In this era of digitalization, India is becoming a cashless and paperless economy. You don’t have to take the whole document with you.

An application can secure all your documents such as your Identification proof ( Aadhar card, PAN card, Voter ID card, etc), Address proof document, vaccination certificate, driver’s license, 10th and 12th certificates, and documents, ABC ID, etc.

In simple language, it is the digital version of various documents, which keep your document safe and secure. Digilocker is a cloud-based platform provided by the government of India. It allows users to access, store, and share their documents.

Can We Delete The Digilocker Account?

No, you cannot delete your Digilocker account. As we mentioned in the above article, this application is provided by the government, and the government has not allowed it. And also does not have any option of deleting the account.

Especially, when you have registered your account with your Aadhar card because your account will be linked with your Aadhar card. 

In simple language, if you have verified your Aadhar card on the Digilocker application then it is not possible to delete your account you can remove your other documents from this application, which we will discuss soon in this article you just have to read it carefully.

If you have not verified your Aadhar card on Digilocker then there will be a possible chance to delete your account from this application. But once you create your own account on Digilocker then there is a chance to delete it because the Indian government has not given any option to delete it which we already mentioned in the above article.

But if you have created your Digilocker account with your mobile number, then there is a possible way to delete your account. We will discuss later why people wanted to delete the Digilocker account, First, we will see how we can delete a Digilocker account in a few steps.

Step To Delete Your Digilocker Account

If you registered or signed in with a mobile number then there are ways to delete your account, let’s see how it works:

1. First, visit the Digilocker website or open the application.
2. Then log in to your account
3. After that access the account setting, in the dashboard there will be an account setting or similar to this option, then click on it.
4. Then locate the deletion option, within the account setting.
5. And then confirm it to delete the account and provide a proper reason.
6. After that verify by OTP (one-time password) which will be received in your registered number, and then you just have to again final confirm.

Delete Account Via  E-Mail

Well if you want to delete your account, then you can delete your account through E-Mail by sending them an email where you can request to delete your account. But it will work when you have any proper reason to delete your account.

In this, you just have to mail it to the Digilocker support team. And don’t worry think about what you have to mail and how you have to send it to them, we will mention all the details in the given below article, which are all the details that are necessary to have in your knowledge.

1. First, open the Digilocker application on your device or you can open the official website of Digilocker and then log into your account.
2. Then go to the help menu and write a mail to the Digilocker support team (to support@digitallocker.gov.in).
3. And then you just  have to keep the subject “REQUEST FOR  AN ACCOUNT DELETION”
4. After that you just have to wait for the reply and then give them a  reason why you want to delete your Digilocker account, as we mentioned in the above article it should be a proper reason then it will proceed and accept your request.

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How To Mail Digilocker Support Team

And you know what? You can also remove your Digilocker account from their database by emailing the support team. Such as an application for deleting your Digilocker account to the Digilocker support team 

• First you have to write Receiver E-Mail Id support@digitallocker.gov.in 
• Then you have to set a subject such as, Request for an account deletion
• After that give some some respective greeting to Digilocker Support Team.
• Then you have write mail body in which you have to mention, your name, the email ID linked with the account, mention some reasons which you are suffering from and why wanted to delete your account, also mentioned that (requesting you to delete my account from your database).
• And then, write last body paragraph where you can use write, (I hope you will understand my concern and will do the needful as soon as possible).
• After that you also have to mention you registered mobile phone number, because if they want to contact through call or SMS.
• And lastly, you just have to send it to receiver E-mail which is mentioned in the above article.

Steps To Delete The Document In Digilocker

As we already mentioned, there is no option for deleting the account because the government has not allowed any such kind of option on the application. But you can delete your document from Digilocker, we will know how you can delete all the uploaded documents.

If you have added any other document by mistake then don’t worry we will mention all the details regarding deleting the document. And if you want to make another second account then first you have to know how to delete all uploaded documents from your previous account.

Let’s see the step-by-step how to delete uploaded documents:

1. First, open the Digilocker application on your device or you can open the official website of Digilocker and then log into your account.
2. Then you just have to click on the uploaded documents which will be shown on the left corner of the page.
3. After that, you just have to click on the Delete button or trash bin icon.
4. And BOOM! Your all uploaded documents will be deleted.

You can delete any uploaded document. And if you need any other help then you can easily contact with Digilocker support team.

Conclusion

In conclusion, we hope our article “How to Delete a Digilocker Account” finds you interesting and solves your problem. And hope you know how to delete documents and accounts.