GameFAQs Help: Account Issues

If you are still logged in to the account, the very first thing you should do is change your password. Since most accounts are compromised through password resets sent to a compromised email account, you should also take immediate steps to secure your email, and you may also want to change it to a more secure address as well.

If you are still logged in but cannot change your password, you should immediately change your email address and then request a password reset.

You then should fill out the Lost Account Feedback form in order to request your account be locked down and re-secured. Even if you believe you have secured your account back from the hacker, you should still fill out a feedback form, as your account may still be vulnerable until your old login cookies are invalidated.

If your account is two years or older and you meet a very specific set of circumstances, it may be possible to change your name. For more information, see the feedback form here. Outside of this criteria, account names may not be changed. If you are unhappy with your username, you may register a new account with your desired name.

In order to re-use an email address with a new account, you need to first change the address on your existing account to another address on your User Profile page.

Depending on how "deleted" you want your account to be, there several different ways to remove your contributions to the site, delete any personally identifiable information, and render your account unusable, depending on exactly what you want to accomplish.

• To remove your contributions from GameFAQs, you can simply visit the Contributor Central and go to "Request Contribution Removal". Note that you can only remove your copyrighted content - things that you cannot copyright (cheats, images, data) cannot be removed. If you do not want your name or alias associated with these other contributions, you can fill out a contributor Feedback form and ask that your contributions be anonymized.
• To remove your personally identifiable information from GameFAQs, you can Modify Your Personal Profile and change any identifiable information there. You still must leave something in the fields, but it does not have to be genuine. You might also want to remove anything you've publicly listed in your Message Board Profile or Contact Information, as well as any information you've posted on your Contributor Page.
• To remove your message board posts, you can simply visit each of your posts and delete them. If you have an archived post which contains personal information that you are no longer able to delete, you may fill out this Feedback form.
• To close your message board account, simply fill out this Feedback form.
• To completely delete your account, once your message board account has been closed for 30 days, you may request that your account be deleted with this Feedback form.