Sites that allow you to transfer accounts after you die

April 9, 2022 12:27 PM

A number of online services, such as Google and Facebook, allow you to automatically transfer control of your accounts to a designated person or persons after you die. What other sites allow you to do this? Better yet, are you aware of any comprehensive resources that keep track of all the major sites that offer this feature? Thank you.
posted by DavidNYC to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

It used to be a THING that Apple wouldn't let you do this, you'd basically have to keep logging in as the deceased person like a ghoul to continue to access their things. This has changed and now they have a Legacy Contact feature. The NYT had this article in 2017 about how the major sites were handling this and this one from The Verge in 2021 has mostly the same info. It's a topic I'm vaguely interested in and do not know, offhand, if there's a comprehensive resource for places that do this. I'd be interested to know about it if there was.
posted by jessamyn at 12:52 PM on April 9, 2022 [3 favorites]

Wirecutter has a 2019 article more generally about preparing digital assets for continuation. Not much else about features like Google's delicately named "Inactive Account Manager". But a very important tip about seeing up a password agent like 1Password or LastPass so someone else can get access to the accounts if necessary.
posted by Nelson at 7:40 AM on April 10, 2022 [1 favorite]

I'm not sure how relevant this is to you, but you asked for other sites so, archiveofourown allows you to designate a next of kin who will be able to access your account after you've passed
posted by platypus of the universe at 9:29 AM on April 10, 2022