--- description: Deleting your Facebook account is just the beginning. title: Who is Hosting This Infographic Shows How To Erase Online Identity image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9467cfcd1bf7152/698683fa06f2c1eec032db6b/143276836.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Infographic Shows How to Completely Erase Your Identity From the Internet by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2014 7:49 PM CUT  Woman with no face Woman with no faceGetty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2014 7:49 PM CUT There’s a way to completely scrub your identity from the internet. While this might sound like hell to some — the world must know what I had for brunch! — it should come as a relief to people who hate the idea of having a traceable online presence and want to get off the grid. For those who want to cut the cord with their internet identities, [Who Is Hosting This](http://www.whoishostingthis.com/blog/2013/12/12/how-to-disappear-online/ "undefined") has created a detailed guide that illustrates how you can completely disappear online. It starts with the simple stuff — like how to delete your Facebook accounts — and then gets more extreme. There are ways to falsify un-deletable accounts and even erase search results. Get off the grid and enjoy: WhoIsHostingThis.com ([h/t Lifehacker](http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2014/03/this-infographic-shows-you-how-to-delete-yourself-from-the-internet/ "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/13002/this-infographic-show-how-to-completely-erase-your-identity-from-the-internet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/13002/this-infographic-show-how-to-completely-erase-your-identity-from-the-internet/"},"headline":"This Infographic Shows How to Completely Erase Your Identity From the Internet","datePublished":"2014-03-05T19:49:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:47.705Z","description":"Deleting your Facebook account is just the beginning.","url":"https://time.com/13002/this-infographic-show-how-to-completely-erase-your-identity-from-the-internet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","infographic","Internet","online"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9467cfcd1bf7152/698683fa06f2c1eec032db6b/143276836.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9467cfcd1bf7152/698683fa06f2c1eec032db6b/143276836.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Woman with no face","caption":"Woman with no face","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/13002/this-infographic-show-how-to-completely-erase-your-identity-from-the-internet/","name":"This Infographic Shows How to Completely Erase Your Identity From the Internet"}}]}] ```