Check five places to find your online accounts. Start with saved passwords and connected apps. Then search your email for welcome messages, receipts, and security alerts.
1. Check passwords saved in your browsers
Start with every browser you use now or used in the past. Each saved login identifies a website where you created or used an account.
Check:
- Chrome and Google Password Manager
- Brave's built in password manager
- Firefox under Menu → Passwords
- Apple Passwords or passwords saved through Safari
- Edge under Settings → Passwords and autofill → Microsoft Password Manager
- Old browser profiles and devices
A saved login does not prove that the account is still active. Verify the account before removing the password. You may need the saved login to close it.
If you also use 1Password, Bitwarden, Proton Pass, or another password manager, check it after your browsers. A move between browsers or password managers can leave older logins behind.
2. Review connected apps and sign in services
Apps connected through Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and other sign in services appear in your account settings.
Open Google Account connections. Review apps where you use Sign in with Google, services with access to your Google Account, and linked accounts.
Apple
Sign in at account.apple.com. Open Sign-In & Security, then select Sign in with Apple.
If you used Hide My Email, record the Apple relay address shown for the service. The company may know that address instead of your normal email address.
Open Facebook Apps and Websites. Review the apps, websites, and games connected to your Facebook account.
Microsoft
Open Microsoft app permissions. Review apps and services that can access your personal Microsoft account.
Other identity providers may offer a similar list. Removing a connection or revoking access does not delete the account at the connected service. Close the account through the service itself.
3. Search for welcome emails and password resets
Search all mail and archived folders, not only your inbox.
Use these searches one at a time:
"welcome to"
"verify your email"
"confirm your email"
"activate your account"
"account created"
"password reset"
"reset your password"
"verification code"
Welcome and verification emails show where you registered. Password resets and verification codes can reveal accounts when the original welcome email is gone.
In Gmail, use in:anywhere to include archived mail and spam. You can also combine a phrase with older:, subject:, or from:. Outlook lets you filter by sender, subject, folder, date, and keywords.
4. Search for receipts and subscriptions
Purchases and subscriptions reveal accounts that may store your name, address, payment history, or preferences.
Search for:
"order confirmation"
"your receipt"
"invoice"
"subscription"
"renewal"
"trial ending"
"payment received"
Also check:
- Apple App Store subscriptions
- Google Play subscriptions
- PayPal automatic payments
- Card and bank statements
Canceling a subscription stops future billing. It does not usually close the account or delete the personal data held by the company.
5. Search for security and breach alerts
Security messages can reveal accounts that need attention first.
Search for:
"security alert"
"new sign in"
"unusual activity"
"password changed"
"data breach"
"security incident"
Prioritize accounts with reused passwords, saved payment details, identity documents, or a known breach. Change any reused password before closing the account.
What to do after finding an account
For each company, choose the actions you need:
- Keep the account and update its password or security settings.
- Cancel any paid subscription you no longer want.
- Unsubscribe from marketing email.
- Close the account.
- Submit a personal data deletion request.
Subscription cancellation, account closure, and personal data deletion are separate actions. Completing one does not always complete the others.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I find every online account I have created?
Check saved passwords and connected apps. Search your email for welcome messages, receipts, subscriptions, and security alerts. Paperweight analyzes your email history and organizes the accounts it finds by company.
Does removing a connected app delete its account?
No. Removing a Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, or other connection revokes or changes access. The connected service may still hold your account and personal data.
Does deleting an email close the related account?
No. Deleting a welcome email, receipt, or newsletter only removes your copy of the message. Close the account through the company. Use its privacy process if you also want to request deletion of personal data.