To delete your League of Legends account, log in at Riot's account deletion support page and click the Delete My Account button. Riot locks the account immediately, then permanently erases it 30 days later. You have a 25-day window to cancel by replying to the confirmation email; after that, it's gone.
Your Riot account is shared across League of Legends, VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, Wild Rift, Legends of Runeterra, and 2XKO. Deleting it deletes everything on all of them. There is no way to delete only your LoL data while keeping the rest.
Step-by-Step Deletion
- Open support-leagueoflegends.riotgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050328454 in your browser.
- Click Delete My Account. You'll be prompted to log in to your Riot account.
- Confirm the deletion request. The account locks immediately and you'll receive an email at the address on file.
- If you change your mind, reply to that email with a cancellation request. Your message must reach Riot at least 5 days before the 30-day deletion date, so you have roughly 25 days to back out.
- After 30 days the account is permanently deleted. Your username, Riot ID, and email are released for anyone else to register.
If the Button Doesn't Work
The deletion button can fail when the account is currently suspended or when the linked email is no longer accessible. The fallback is a manual support ticket. Open the support portal, choose Account Management, Data Requests, or Deletion, and select Account Deletion. Riot's agent will ask you to verify ownership with:
- Username and Riot ID
- Server / region
- Approximate account creation date
- City and country at registration
- The original registration email
Get as many of those right as you can. The verification is strict because Riot has to be sure you're not deleting someone else's account.
What You Actually Lose
Deletion is permanent and total. There are no partial deletions, no archive option, no second chances after the 30-day window.
- League of Legends: all skins, champions, RP balance, BE, rank, match history, mastery, friends list, and Honor.
- VALORANT, TFT, Wild Rift, LoR, 2XKO: the same. Skins, agent unlocks, ranks, all of it.
- RP and other currencies: not refunded. Riot's policy is no refunds on deletion. Spend what you have first if it matters to you.
- Riot ID and username: immediately released after deletion finalizes. Anyone can register them, including someone who'd want to impersonate you.
If you want a copy of your data first, request it before you start the deletion. Riot exposes a data download through the same support portal under Data Requests.
Consider Deactivating Instead
Deactivation is the reversible alternative. It locks your account so no one can log in, but Riot keeps the data on file in case you come back. There's no public web form for it; you submit a support ticket asking for account deactivation and a Riot agent processes it.
One caveat: deactivation is described in older support documentation and isn't called out in the current 2025 deletion article. The option still works as of this writing, but Riot may quietly retire it. If long-term certainty matters and you genuinely want the data gone, full deletion is the cleaner answer.
If you just want to appear offline or log out cleanly, neither requires touching account deletion.
Can You Delete a Banned Account?
Probably yes. Riot doesn't auto-delete permabanned accounts (they stay in the database for fraud and ban-evasion checks), and the deletion flow asks for proof of ownership rather than account standing. The web button may refuse to load on a suspended account, in which case the support ticket route is the path to use.
Riot has not published an explicit policy on deleting banned accounts. If you hit a wall, the support agent on your ticket will tell you whether there's a hold and why.
EU / GDPR Users
If you're in the EU, EEA, or UK, you have a separate right-to-erasure under GDPR that Riot honors. The mechanism is the same: same support article, same button, same 30-day window. The legal basis is different (a statutory right rather than a voluntary deletion), but you don't have to file the request differently. Riot's GDPR-specific page exists for legal completeness and points to the same flow.
Things That Aren't Account Deletion
Two requests get conflated with deletion:
- Uninstalling League of Legends. Removing the game from your PC frees disk space but leaves your account intact. Use Windows Add or Remove Programs, find Riot Client, and uninstall League. Your account stays exactly as it is.
- Changing your Riot ID. If your goal is to dump an embarrassing old name, you can change your Riot ID for free at riotgames.com without deleting anything.
FAQ
How long does the deletion take? 30 days from request. The account locks immediately, so you can't play during that window.
Can I cancel after the 30 days? No. Cancellation has to reach Riot at least 5 days before the 30-day mark. Once deletion finalizes, the data is gone.
Will my username be available again? Yes. Username, Riot ID, Summoner Name, and email all release immediately when deletion finalizes. Riot doesn't hold them in reserve.
Will op.gg and other sites still show my old games? Probably for a while. Third-party trackers cache match history independently of Riot's servers. Riot deletes their copy; the public copies on op.gg, u.gg, and similar sites age out on their own schedule.
Can I delete just my LoL data and keep VALORANT? No. The Riot account is unified across all of their games; deletion is all-or-nothing.
What if I never log in again, do I get auto-deleted? Not in the normal case. Riot's August 2022 inactive-account policy targets a narrow group: 3+ years no login, zero lifetime currency purchased, under 20 hours played, and no rare items. Most accounts that have ever bought RP or unlocked a skin are safe indefinitely.
