Account Deletion Guide - General Discussion - D&D Beyond General - D&D Beyond Forums (2024)

Hello, I've seen a couple of posts where people have mentioned considering not just unsubscribing (I'm a cheapskate myself so never had one and can't offer advice on that). Deleting a D&D Beyond account is not the most intuitive process in the world and it's probably not something I will be doing, but here is how to do it.

1) Click this link. It takes you to the D&D Beyond support page. https://dndbeyond-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=6858238817684

2) There is a drop down selection asking 'What would you like to contact us about?'. You'll want to select 'D&D Beyond Account Deletion'.

3) Then fill in your details. BE CAREFUL TO INPUT THE EMAIL USED TO CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT. For obvious reasons, any other email will be considered suspect. Name, email, subject and description sections are required to be filled in, current username is likely helpful The order number and file attachments aren't exactly relevant.

4) You should receive an email in your inbox from the staff, taking you through the confirmation process. This may take a few days as staff are understandably busy (nothing to do with OGLs, they just have limited numbers and a lot of emails to respond to).

Personally, this isn't a step I'll be taking. I never subscribed on any account or bought digital content as most of my gaming was in person (and often in other systems) where I've always preferred hardcopies. I will definitely not be subscribing now and in the light of the OGL the little homebrew I have put onto DDB will be removed. I'll add it again as soon as WotC stand up and confirm that OGL 1.1 will not be going ahead without radical improvements to the drafted third party content policies.

I hope this is helpful for anybody trying to delete an account and pleased be respectful to any staff you interact with during this process - it's not their fault that the bosses have gone on a mad one and they aren't paid nearly enough by Hasbro and WotC for me to feel comfortable in making their job any worse. What I would advise is a politely worded email laying out the reasons you are deleting your account. Alternatively, place in the description of your request when submitting the form.

EDIT: There are numerous other threads discussing the information around the leak and its impact should it go ahead. Discussing the merits and drawbacks of account deletion is a fair enough topic, but if discussions of what the OGL 1.1 actually means and how worried we should be could be kept to linking to existing conversations?

Hopefully that seems fair to everyone.

It should be noted, cancelling your subscription sends a message; cancelling your account sends a message as well, but a worse one.

If you want to effectuate change, it isn’t just enough to attack the bottom line - you have to show you are willing to come back if the requested course of action is follower. A deleted account is a write-off—that person’s opinion no longer matters because their return is unlikely. You don’t change your behaviour to appease someone who is unlikely to be appeased. A cancelled subscription is someone who wants to remain with D&D, but not pay Wizards. That is a customer; that is a person who could be brought back into the fold of actions are changed.

It is the same basic reason why all the doomsaying is unhelpful - someone who says “I am concerned, convince me otherwise with facts and action” is almost always a better (if inexplicably unattainable by the internet masses) tactic.

It would better benefit the D&D community as a whole to wait and see what the Hasbro/Wotc response will be. Delete your subs if you have any, but remain active in voicing your displeasure of corporate actions that very may threaten a nearly 50 year collective family of players DM's and friendships.

Yes, Hasbro/Wotc has messed up royally, but to let our collective voices begin to silence is to let the opportunity for our concerns for the future of D&D be diminished.

Leave if you wish, personally I will stay and continue till the last breath to voice and defend a game that has been more about community than money.

Quote from Caerwyn_Glyndwr >>

It should be noted, cancelling your subscription sends a message; cancelling your account sends a message as well, but a worse one.

If you want to effectuate change, it isn’t just enough to attack the bottom line - you have to show you are willing to come back if the requested course of action is follower. A deleted account is a write-off—that person’s opinion no longer matters because their return is unlikely. You don’t change your behaviour to appease someone who is unlikely to be appeased. A cancelled subscription is someone who wants to remain with D&D, but not pay Wizards. That is a customer; that is a person who could be brought back into the fold of actions are changed.

It is the same basic reason why all the doomsaying is unhelpful - someone who says “I am concerned, convince me otherwise with facts and action” is almost always a better (if inexplicably unattainable by the internet masses) tactic.

I'm not sure that's really relevant here Caerwyn, this is how to delete accounts, not you *should* delete your account.

Quote from Yamana_Eajii >>

Quote from Caerwyn_Glyndwr >>

It should be noted, cancelling your subscription sends a message; cancelling your account sends a message as well, but a worse one.

If you want to effectuate change, it isn’t just enough to attack the bottom line - you have to show you are willing to come back if the requested course of action is follower. A deleted account is a write-off—that person’s opinion no longer matters because their return is unlikely. You don’t change your behaviour to appease someone who is unlikely to be appeased. A cancelled subscription is someone who wants to remain with D&D, but not pay Wizards. That is a customer; that is a person who could be brought back into the fold of actions are changed.

It is the same basic reason why all the doomsaying is unhelpful - someone who says “I am concerned, convince me otherwise with facts and action” is almost always a better (if inexplicably unattainable by the internet masses) tactic.

I'm not sure that's really relevant here Caerwyn, this is how to delete accounts, not you *should* delete your account.

Considering the first paragraph specifically notes that folks are considering deleting their accounts as a sign of protest, and then the post itself provides instructions on how to engage in that version of protest, yes, providing information so folks can make an informed decision on what type of protest they choose is a relevant data point that should hopefully prove helpful to those consideringthe choice provided by this thread.

You’ll note I did not say either way how someone should proceed - merely provided additional considerations others might not have considered. Those considerations support a specific course of action; but do not strictlyencourage that action.

A response to various comments here:

I'm not commenting on how effective this method is, or whether it is or it isn't the right choice for you. I know it's not the right choice for me. But some people will want to do this and this post is simply intended to help them with that if they choose to.

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REMINDER: This isn't a thread discussing if you SHOULD delete your accounts, it's a thread detailing HOW you go about deleting your accounts.

I don't comment on here anyways, but still important to discuss both. Don't want people leaving forever in vien, right?

There are numerous other threads discussing the information around the leak and its impact should it go ahead. Discussing the merits and drawbacks of account deletion is a fair enough topic, but if discussions of what the OGL 1.1 actually means and how worried we should be could be kept to linking to existing conversations?

Hopefully that seems fair to everyone.

EDIT: I've edited this request into the first post, I'd really appreciate it if people could take it up.

Selling our personal information isanother reason not to keep an account.

https://company.wizards.com/en/legal/wizards-coasts-privacy-policy#donotsell

Green Eggs and Spam from the bottom of the page.