How to delete your Meetup account, including step-by-step instructions and potential consequences. Find out how long it takes and what to expect.
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Start Free Scan âLog in to your Meetup account.
Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner.
Select "Settings" from the drop-down menu.
Scroll down and click on "Delete Account" at the bottom of the page.
You can delete your Meetup account yourself â this is a self-service process (rated easy â most people can do it in a few minutes). After deletion: loss of account data; removal from groups and events.
Your account data, including your profile, groups, and events, will be permanently deleted.
Meetup does not publish a retention period for closed accounts. If the timeline matters to you, ask Meetup support for written confirmation of when your data is removed, and what is retained for legal or accounting reasons.
The stated recovery window is 30 days. Once that passes the deletion is permanent and the account cannot be restored.
Deleting your account means: Loss of account data; Removal from groups and events. Export or download anything you want to keep before you begin â it is normally not recoverable afterwards.
Meetup is recorded as GDPR compliant and recorded as CCPA compliant. If you are in the EU or California you can also file a formal erasure request under GDPR Article 17 or the CCPA â that route creates a record you can follow up on, separately from the in-product delete flow.
Common alternatives include Eventbrite, Yelp, Bumble. If you are switching because of how Meetup handles your data, check the replacement's retention and deletion policy before you migrate.
Meetup is headquartered in New York City, NY, which is the jurisdiction whose data-protection rules govern your account.
Closing your Meetup account does not remove the copies that data brokers and people-search sites still hold. Compare every free data broker removal option →
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