I’ve been sifting through my digital footprint for a while now and I’m getting to my old accounts that I’ve mostly forgotten about. I thought it would be fun if we shared what we delete, you just might jog someone else’s memory of an account they still have floating around.
Today: -Amazon -PayPal -Ubisoft
I have not deleted so many apps and accounts, but I have stopped using them or reduced the usage.
Windows 10 -> Linux but Windows 10 is still installed on another disk so technically it is dual boot even if I have not used Windows for months.
Office -> Libre office
Gmail and Hotmail -> Protonmail and Posteo
Google maps -> Here maps and Comaps
Onenote -> Notesnook
After reading other comments and thinking for a bit, I realized that I have made more switches.
Google Translate -> Deepl
Google -> DuckDuckGo -> Qwant
Youtube -> Invidious
And I have never used Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Reddit much.
That’s pretty good, I would consider deleting accounts you leave behind though if that works for you. As it sends a signal to those mega corps, as their numbers drop it’ll create pressure. Even if one account is just the tiniest drop in an ocean, together we can make a dent large enough.
Deleting accounts I don’t use will be the next step. So far I prefer to have Google and Microsoft accounts and not use them compared with deleting them.