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How to delete your Epic Games account and clear all game data and progress along with it

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Epic Games allows you to delete your account, but because this action permanently deletes all purchases you have made along with all game progress, Epic makes you confirm you want to do this with a verification code sent to your email account. 

How to delete Epic Games account

1. Open the Epic Games website in a web browser and log into your account.

2. If you're not already on the General Settings page with your account settings, click your account name at the top and then click "Account."

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Go to your account's General Settings page.  Dave Johnson/Business Insider

3. Scroll to the bottom and, in the Delete Account section, click "Request Account Delete." A pop-up window will appear.

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The account deletion request button is at the bottom of the page.  Dave Johnson/Business Insider

4. Epic will send a message to the email account you have associated with this account. Wait for the email to arrive. When it does, copy the verification code into the pop-up on the Epic Games website and click "Confirm Delete Request."

5. After a few moments, you'll see a window that confirms your deletion request. Within two weeks, your account will be completely deleted.

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Dave Johnson is a technology journalist who writes about consumer tech and how the industry is transforming the speculative world of science fiction into modern-day real life. Dave grew up in New Jersey before entering the Air Force to operate satellites, teach space operations, and do space launch planning. He then spent eight years as a content lead on the Windows team at Microsoft. As a photographer, Dave has photographed wolves in their natural environment; he's also a scuba instructor and co-host of several podcasts. Dave is the author of more than two dozen books and has contributed to many sites and publications including CNET, Forbes, PC World, How To Geek, and Insider.