What to do before permanently deleting your Lyft account
Before getting rid of your Lyft account permanently, you might want to take care of a couple of things first. Let’s take a look at what you should do:
- Review your account activity. Checking your ride and payment history, along with any outstanding charges, is a simple way of making sure you don’t have any debts, billing errors, or unspent credits.
- Cancel any active subscriptions or promotions. If you’re a Lyft Pink user, you should cancel your subscription before deleting your account. While Lyft claims to delete all user data upon account deletion (with some exceptions, such as data used for legitimate business purposes), it’s best to discontinue all subscriptions to avoid accidental transactions and other billing errors.
- Deactivate or remove payment methods. Removing saved credit cards and deactivating linked bank accounts is a smart step before deleting your Lyft account. While technically your payment data should be deleted upon removing your account, it’s best not to risk it and make sure the app has no access to your debit or credit cards.
- Download your data. While not necessary, downloading your Lyft data before deleting your Lyft account may come in handy for tax purposes, expense tracking, or reviewing your payment history.
How to delete a Lyft account on a web browser
As of April 2025, Lyft is no longer available on the web, meaning you cannot delete the account by using any browsers.
However, you can still delete your Lyft account while using your Lyft app.
How to delete a Lyft account on the mobile app
To delete your Lyft account via the mobile app, follow these steps:
- 1.Open the app and sign in to your account.
- 2.Tap “You” on the right side of the bottom corner.
- 3.Scroll down and under the “Account” section, tap “Help.”
- 4.Select “Profile and account.”
- 5.Select “Edit profile or account.”
- 6.Tap “Delete my account.”
- 7.Pick “How to delete your Lyft account.”
- 8.Proceed with the further steps written in the app.
You should get a confirmation message saying that Lyft will delete your account. Proceed with further steps to finish removing your account.
Why you might want to delete your Lyft account
While data privacy is the most popular motive to consider deleting your Lyft account, it’s not the only reason to do so. Here’s why you might want to delete your Lyft account:
- Data privacy concerns. While Lyft claims to “take reasonable and appropriate measures designed to protect your personal information,” no app or service is 100% immune to cyber threats. That means the app may be exposed to network security risks such as data breaches or potential information misuse.
- Financial reasons. Like many major service platforms, Lyft is not safe from financial scams or fraud attempts. In addition, some users may find the app’s service fees too high for their taste, prompting customers to consider alternative solutions.
- Redundancy. Depending on your lifestyle and transportation needs, the Lyft app might have become useless to you. If that’s the case, deleting your account and app will add some space to your phone and remove potential data privacy risks.
- A switch to a competitor. If you’re not happy with Lyft’s service, you might consider switching to a competing company (for example, Uber) or public transportation. That warrants a reason to delete your Lyft account.
For more online safety tips and tutorials (including such as how to delete your Uber account), be sure to check our other blog posts.
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