Deactivate a Docker account

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Learn how to deactivate an individual Docker account, including prerequisites required for deactivation.

For information on deactivating an organization, see Deactivating an organization.

Warning

All Docker products and services that use your Docker account are inaccessible after deactivating your account.

Prerequisites

Before deactivating your Docker account, ensure you meet the following requirements:

  • If you are an organization or company owner, you must leave your organization or company before deactivating your Docker account:
    1. Sign in to Docker Home and choose your organization.
    2. Select Members and find your username.
    3. Select the Actions menu and then select Leave organization.
  • If you are the sole owner of an organization, you must assign the owner role to another member of the organization and then remove yourself from the organization, or deactivate the organization. Similarly, if you are the sole owner of a company, either add someone else as a company owner and then remove yourself, or deactivate the company.
  • If you have an active Docker subscription, downgrade it to a Docker Personal subscription.
  • Download any images and tags you want to keep. Use docker pull -a <image>:<tag>.
  • Unlink your GitHub and account.

Deactivate

Once you have completed all the previous steps, you can deactivate your account.

Warning

Deactivating your account is permanent and can't be undone. Make sure to back up any important data.

  1. Sign in to Docker Home.
  2. Select your avatar to open the drop-down menu.
  3. Select Account settings.
  4. Select Deactivate.
  5. Select Deactivate account, then select again to confirm.