It's been a while.

I was on the brink of closing my dA account this week, but decided not to ...

Because you can't close your account anymore.

To quote the helpdesk:

"How can I close my deviantART account?
At this time we have discontinued improvised Account Closure procedure.

We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to have a more streamlined and efficient system in place soon.

If you have a compelling reason to ask for your account to be banned this can be preformed upon administrative review. The majority of requests will not be honored at this time.

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In order to remove information and submissions from from your account please see the following instructions:

1.) Journals: To delete your journals, you will need to visit your journal management page, once there the option to delete entries will be presented to you.

2.) Deleting Deviations: Please see FAQ:72

3.) Storing Deviations: If you elect to store your deviations rather than delete them please visit your Gallery management page.

4.) Devwatch (Friends): To remove users from your deviantWATCH, you will need to visit your devwatch management page, from there you will need to check the checkbox titled 'remove' next to each user, once done click on 'Update'.

5.) Favorites: To remove favorites, you will need to visit the deviation you have favorited and click on the 'Remove Favorite' link, located to the left of the deviation.

6.) Profile: To remove your profile information please vist your Profile page and select the User page Display tab.

7.) Avatar: To remove your avatar please save the default image and replace your current avatar in your Profile page on the Identity tab.

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Please note that your account cannot be deleted. Also note that your comments and past interaction cannot be removed.

Once you have completed the seven steps outlined above please logout."


I've decided to leave my account 'as - is' for now, and maybe one day in the future I'll come back to it.

For now, consider me on a long vacation from deviantART.

It's not you, it's me.



-Mark /-b0w13