+Appeltern Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Is it possible to delete an account by geocaching HQ? I would like to have a name of an account which is not used for more then 10 years and has 0 founds. Quote Link to comment
+funkymunkyzone Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 You can ask HQ, but I doubt it... 1 Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I feel this depends on who gets your mail. I asked for similar, almost the same as I have now, belonging to an inactive no finds/hides account. It was explained that it's an account, and they may join soon. About a year later I saw a brand-new member with that name... Stop back and tell folks what happened. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment
+TmdAndGG Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 42 minutes ago, team appeltern said: Is it possible to delete an account by geocaching HQ? I would like to have a name of an account which is not used for more then 10 years and has 0 founds. Why? Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 43 minutes ago, team appeltern said: which is not used for more then 10 years and has 0 founds I think this may be possible, IF no account activity at all. You can't see if the account has logged dnfs, or write note or even an archived unpublished cache page. I believe that from time to time now a sweep of unused, untouched accounts is done. If the username you want is close to being swept, maybe you can have it. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Appeltern Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, TmdAndGG said: Why? Because i would like to have that name. 1 Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Just now, TmdAndGG said: Why? For me, it was simple. I had a name in mind, something I've been called for many years, but that unused-for-many-years account was taken by another. I couldn't get that name I really wanted, simply because someone "did it first". We see a bunch like that, type in a name on "find another player", and besides the one you looked at, there's a dozen "close" with no finds/hides. - Sock accounts in the waiting... Quote Link to comment
+TmdAndGG Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Ok, I get it. Here's another good thread for the problem. If you don't want to wait indefinitely, try variations of the name you want. Quote Link to comment
+Appeltern Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 I asked HQ by email for my problem and they changed my name to what I wanted. So after ten years I've got the name I wanted, big applause to HQ 2 1 Quote Link to comment
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