Instructions on how to cancel your Monster account and membership, including step-by-step guide and potential impact.
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Start Free Scan âLog in to your Monster account.
Click on your profile picture or name in the top right corner.
Select "Account Settings" from the drop-down menu.
Click on the "Cancel Membership" tab.
Follow the on-screen instructions to cancel your membership.
You can delete your Monster 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 access to account and data; cancellation of active job postings.
You have 30 days to recover your account after deletion. After that, your account and data will be permanently deleted.
Monster does not publish a retention period for closed accounts. If the timeline matters to you, ask Monster 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 access to account and data; Cancellation of active job postings. Export or download anything you want to keep before you begin â it is normally not recoverable afterwards.
Have the following ready: Account password. Having it to hand avoids getting part-way through the flow and having to start again.
Monster 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 Indeed, LinkedIn, CareerBuilder. If you are switching because of how Monster handles your data, check the replacement's retention and deletion policy before you migrate.
Monster is headquartered in Weston, Florida, United States, which is the jurisdiction whose data-protection rules govern your account.
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