# Deleting my son’s account

**URL:** <https://discussions.scouting.org/t/deleting-my-son-s-account/362581>\
**Category:** Using Scoutbook & Scoutbook Plus\
**Created:** [May 10, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/deleting-my-son-s-account/362581 "2023-05-10T00:23:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![AmyFredrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@AmyFredrick](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/AmyFredrick)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/deleting-my-son-s-account/362581/1 "2023-05-10T00:23:26Z")

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Hello,  
I helped my son create a scout book account, not knowing that he needed to wait to be invited by the troop leadership.

How do I delete this account?

Thank you,  
Amy F.

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**Author:** ![DonovanMcNeil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/donovanmcneil/32/24_2.png) [@DonovanMcNeil](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/DonovanMcNeil)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/deleting-my-son-s-account/362581/2 "2023-05-10T00:34:31Z")

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@AmyFredrick not sure I follow - only a Parent can invite a scout to have an account - not a troop? What is Scouts BSA # and we can look.

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**Author:** ![AmyFredrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@AmyFredrick](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/AmyFredrick)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/deleting-my-son-s-account/362581/3 "2023-05-10T01:40:59Z")

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He is part of Troop 7031 in Grand Canyon Council, Ponderosa District.  
His BSA # is 134290952

My husband is the Scoutmaster and he was the one trying to send the invitation from his login, so I assumed he had access to do that because he was a leader, not because he was a parent.

Thank you and sorry for the confusion.

Amy F.

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**Author:** ![DonovanMcNeil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/donovanmcneil/32/24_2.png) [@DonovanMcNeil](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/DonovanMcNeil)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/deleting-my-son-s-account/362581/4 "2023-05-10T01:46:52Z")

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@AmyFredrick so are we good? Or do we need to look at anything?

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**Author:** ![AmyFredrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@AmyFredrick](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/AmyFredrick)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/deleting-my-son-s-account/362581/5 "2023-05-10T02:23:01Z")

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Hi,  
Yes, I do not know how to delete the account I created for my son.

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**Author:** ![JenniferOlinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@JenniferOlinger](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/JenniferOlinger)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/deleting-my-son-s-account/362581/6 "2023-05-10T05:30:16Z")

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@AmyFredrick Your son has 2 usernames at my.scouting.

Which one do you want to keep? The one with his name? Or the one with his initials? We can retire the other one.

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**Author:** ![AmyFredrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@AmyFredrick](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/AmyFredrick)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/deleting-my-son-s-account/362581/7 "2023-05-10T13:39:56Z")

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Good Morning Jennifer,  
We would like to delete the account with username: wJf0622#

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/original/1X/66e9612584db5dbf76de17f00ad877998c0ba3d6.png) [@system](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/deleting-my-son-s-account/362581/9 "2023-05-17T13:52:41Z")

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