How To Delete An Uber Account [A Step-By-Step Guide]

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There are lots of reasons why you may want to delete an Uber account ranging from inflation rising to the #DeleteUber campaign, you live in a location where there are less Uber drivers or because you discovered a more affordable service or another ridesharing app.

Whatever your reason may be, this guide will direct you on how to delete an Uber account with ease.

Having said that, let’s quickly delve into it.

How To Delete An Uber Account In Few Minutes

Before I proceed, it’s important you note that deleting your Uber account is a permanent action, and the account is permanently gone after 30 days from the day you deleted it.

This means that if at any point within the 30 days you change your mind, you can sign it and retrieve your account.

Furthermore, once you delete an Uber account, all your unused promotions, rewards attached to it, credits, and rewards get removed, so ensure you exhaust them before you proceed.

However, note that Uber may also keep some information required by law after you’ve deleted your account.

That being said, there are two ways through which you can get rid of this account, and they are:

1. Delete an Uber account through the app.

2. Delete an Uber account through the website.

Fast & Simple Steps To Delete An Uber App

Going forward, we will be showing step-by-step instructions on how to delete your Uber mobile app as well as how to remove the app from an iPhone or an Android device.

Listed below are simple steps to delete your Uber account when using the mobile app.

Step 1: Open the Uber mobile app.

Step 2: Select the menu icon located in the top left corner. The menu icon looks like three bars.

Step 3: Click on “Settings,” and go to the “Privacy” section.

Step 4: Click on “Delete Your Account” at the bottom of the page

How To Remove An Uber Mobile App From Your Device

If you are an iPhone user, follow the instructions below:

Step 1: Click on and hold the Uber app icon on the home screen of your smartphone until all of the icons begin shaking.

Step 2: The letter X should appear in each icon’s upper left corner.

Step 3: Click on the X on the Uber icon.

Step 4: A message pops up asking if you want to delete the Uber app, click on the “Delete” button to remove the app and all of its data from your smartphone.

If you are an Android user, follow the steps listed below:

Step 1: Using either a hard or soft button, click on “Menu”

Step 2: Select “Settings.”

Step 3: Select “Applications” and then “Manage applications.”

Step 4: Select the Uber app.

Step 5: Click on “Uninstall” to remove the app completely from your mobile Android device.

Fast & Simple Steps To Delete An Uber Account Through The Website

Another way to get rid of this account is through the website, so follow the steps below to achieve this:

Step 1: Open any web browser of your choice and go to www.uber.com. You can as well sign into your Uber account.

Step 2: Scroll to the bottom of the homepage and click Help to go to Uber’s help section.
Step 3: On getting to the help section, click For Riders, and then click Account and Payment Options.

Step 4: Find the Delete My Uber Account option and click on it.

Step 5: At the bottom of the instructions on the next page, click the green Sign In to Get Help button.

Step 6: Follow the instructions on the next series of pages to identify and log into your account with the email address and password linked to it.

Please, you can skip this step if you signed into your Uber account in step

Step 7: You will be redirected to the account deletion instructions page, but you will see that new options have become available.

Step 8: Clicking in the text box tagged “Do You Wish to Delete Your Account?” and type “yes.”

Step 9: Click one of the check boxes below that to give a general reason why you want to delete your account.

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Fast & Simple Steps To Delete An Uber Eats Account

In case you want to delete your Uber Eats account, the steps below will guide you on how to do this:

Step 1: Open the mobile app and click on the three bars located in the top left corner.

Step 2: From the menu, click on the “Settings”

Step 3: Scroll down the page and select “Privacy.”

Step 4: Click on “Delete Your Account,” and enter your password when asked.

Step 5: Follow the rest of the instructions to delete your Uber Eats account

All You Need To Know About The #DeleteUber Campaign

In January 17th, Uber was alleged to make gains from a taxi driver strike and protest against Former President Donald Trump’s travel ban, hence the commencement of #DeleteUber campaign in January 201.

When the protest against Uber began, it disabled surge pricing in the area surrounding New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, where the taxi strike occurred just to prove that it is not trying to profit from tragedies and emergencies such as the travel ban

Sadly, it was a bit late because immediately the #DeleteUber campaign news got to social media channels like Twitter, millions of Uber users began to delete their accounts and stopped using Uber services.

This, in no small measure, affected the financial gains and profits that the company previously enjoyed.

It was later discovered that the entire ordeal was due to a misunderstanding about surge pricing.

Uber’s CEO Travis Kalanick in response to the whole saga decided to excuse himself from his economic adviser position and not attend the economic advisory council’s meeting with former President Trump because people were beginning to question his connections to Donald Trump, especially his employees.

He, in a press release said “We will fight for the rights of immigrants in our communities so that each of us can be who we are with optimism and hope for the future.”

Lastly, CEO Kalanick stepped down from the chief executive officer role, and CEO Dara Khosrowshahi who is the present Uber CEO took over from him.