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When I contacted my local Australian PSN Support they flat out told me they could not delete PSN accounts. I will chase them up because it seems that someone somewhere has the power to “terminate” accounts!
Be careful though — it is not clear if an account termination would free up the sign-in email address or online ID (probably not).
Master account termination
If your PLAYSTATION Network Master Account is terminated, you will not able to access your account on the PLAYSTATION®Network. This means all of the following:
- You will not have access to your master account. If you have sub accounts associated with your master account, then your sub account holders will also not be able to access their sub accounts.
- Any remaining funds in your wallet will not be returned to you.
- Any content or services you or your sub accounts may have purchased that may be accessible on the PLAYSTATION Network will not be available to you or your sub accounts, including any content that may have been downloaded to your PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system(s). Other content that may be accessible offline may be available for use after termination of your PLAYSTATION Network account if permitted under the specific terms and conditions for the content.
- Any ranking or scores, or game related information will not be retained or accessible by you or your sub accounts.
- You will not receive any refunds, or fees as a result of termination of your account. If you subsequently sign up for another PLAYSTATION Network account, your prior Online ID and the prior Online ID of your sub accounts may not be available to you or your sub accounts.
Sub account termination
If your PLAYSTATION Network Sub Account is terminated, you will not able to access your account on the PLAYSTATION®Network. This means all of the following:
- Any content or services you may have purchased that may be accessible on the PLAYSTATION®Network will not be available to you, including any content that may have been downloaded to your PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system(s). Other content that may be accessible offline may be available for use after termination of your account if permitted under the specific terms and conditions for the content.
- You will not receive any refunds, or fees as a result of termination of your account. If you subsequently sign up for another PLAYSTATION Network account, your prior Online ID may not be available to you.
- Any ranking or scores, or game related information will not be retained or accessible.
Can I delete a PLAYSTATION®Network account?
Once a PLAYSTATION Network account is created, it cannot be deleted. If you would like to use a new (different) account, you will have to create an entirely new PLAYSTATION Network account.
Note: Purchased content cannot be transferred between different PLAYSTATION Network accounts. We apologize for any inconvenience.
How do I terminate my PLAYSTATION®Network account?
Once a PLAYSTATION Network account is created, you can not delete it, although it can be terminated. To terminate a PLAYSTATION Network account, please contact Sony Computer Entertainment America’s (SCEA) Consumer Services’ Accounts and Billing line at 1-877-971-7669.
okaii that I understand, but what if I create a new usuer is there any way to delete the other user to make the new one primary without losing any data. Or is there a way to transfer data to the new user account????
you can transfer data from one user to another, but when you play a game with the save files you transferred you will not earn trophies
So you wouldn’t suggest making a new profile copying and pasting from the old profile to the new and deleting the old user??
There’s no way to still earn trophies with a copied saved game. Or a way to back up the data if I was to do a system format????
if you dont care about trophies go for it.
what happens is if you are playing say.. GTA4 if you are playing that game with the save data you played with on the other user/account it wont let you the trophies on your new account whilst you are playing on the previously mentioned save data
HI, my PS3 keeps on freezing so that the only thing that works is the eject function and even then i have to persist to actualy make it eject the disc, but thats not the point, can anyone help me out? it freezes mainly at the very end of a CoD6 match
i had a ps3 and bought a new one and sold the old one …. is there a way to get my info deleted on the old ps3 or is it too late … he formatted it so is my name and sub names still on it… i think he gave ut my info cuz i cant put my name on my girls ps3 it says their is already 5 ps3’s associated with this user name…
Befor I had internet access on my ps3 at home, I took my ps3 to my cousins house and we set up an account in his name and id. Now I have my own internet access and my cousin now has his own ps3 . He did not have one befor. He set his ps3 up with the same account and now I am having problems staying online without getting kicked off. I want to create anew account, but I am hearing that you can’t do that. What am I soppuse to do. Please help!
you just go to the user settings then create new user then scroll over to the “Sign Up To The Playstation NETWORK” ..then create a new account, simple.
how to transfer data from account to account? i really don’t care about the trophies but, how can i transfer locked data? the files that can’t be transfered?
Does this mean that I have to keep the original ID account of my cousin on my PS3?
I bought a PSN card the other day and wanted to redeem it. But since I have a sub-account it won’t let me. So I thought “ok, I’ll just make dad redeem it because he has the master-account over me.” But then I rembered: When I made my account I set the *monthly spending amount* option to zero. I never thought I would use PSN (because i never like to use credit card an stuff like that) but when these cards came, I took the chance on bying one. And now i’m stuck. So my question is: How do I change the details regarding payment in my sub-account? please answer
you gotta be on your dad’s account and go into account management
i los may pin for this wun dinky1987
i hav 2 accounts with the same email address and it has worked for ages now it has stopped working!
dudes my psn is down and out like alot of peoples. My ? is if i i own a 60gb is it considered a ps3 fat? And when will i be able to access the psn?!?
when will psn be accessible?
Regarding error 8001050F: there is a
worldwide mystery bug for older PS3s. Sony are working on it. Check the official PS blog for more info.