How to Find All Accounts Linked to Your Email Address

Discover forgotten accounts tied to your email. Clean up old signups, reduce your attack surface, and protect your digital identity.

Why Find Old Accounts?

Over the years, you have probably signed up for hundreds of websites, apps, and services using your email address. Many of these accounts sit forgotten, but they still hold your personal data and could be vulnerable to breaches.

Data breaches are increasingly common. An old account on a service you forgot about could expose your email, password, and personal information. If you reused passwords, this puts your active accounts at risk too.

Method 1: Search Your Email Inbox

The most thorough approach is searching your email for signup confirmations. Open your email and search for terms like "welcome to", "confirm your email", "your account", "verify your email", or "thanks for signing up".

This surfaces registration emails from services you have used over the years. Go through the results and make a list of accounts you recognize and ones you have forgotten about.

Method 2: Check Your Password Manager

If you use a password manager like 1Password, Bitwarden, or the one built into your browser, check its saved entries. This gives you a list of every site where you have saved credentials.

In Chrome, go to passwords.google.com to see all saved logins. In Safari, check Settings > Passwords. In Firefox, check Settings > Privacy & Security > Saved Logins.

Method 3: Check "Sign In With" Connections

If you have used "Sign in with Google" or "Sign in with Facebook", you can see which apps have access. For Google, visit myaccount.google.com/permissions to see all connected apps.

For Facebook, go to Settings > Apps and Websites. For Apple, check Settings > [Your Name] > Password & Security > Apps Using Apple ID.

Revoke access for any apps or services you no longer use.

Method 4: Check for Data Breaches

Visit haveibeenpwned.com and enter your email address. This free tool shows which data breaches your email has appeared in, revealing accounts you may have forgotten about.

If your email appears in breaches, change passwords for any accounts that are still active and delete accounts you no longer need.

Cleaning Up Old Accounts

For accounts you no longer need, log in and delete them. Look for "Delete Account" or "Close Account" in settings. If there is no option, contact support.

For accounts you want to keep, update passwords to unique, strong ones. Enable two-factor authentication where available.

Going forward, be selective about what you sign up for. Each new account is another potential data exposure point. Use disposable email addresses for one-time signups.