Ancestry is a well known genealogy program. If you use ancestry.com and want to delete your family tree from ancestry than you can delete your family tree. This article will guide you how to delete a family tree from ancestry quickly and easily. To delete your tree from ancestry, you just need to follow the given instructions and it’s done.
Deleting A Family Tree You Created
Follow the given steps to delete your family tree from ancestry.
- First of all, login to your ancestry account. Go to the menu and click on the tree tab.
- Select the tree that you want to delete and go to the tree settings.
- Scroll the page to the bottom and click on the Delete your tree.
- It will ask your ancestry password to confirm your identity and then click on the Delete button. Your family tree will be deleted.
Note: 1. If you forgot your ancestry password then check how to reset your ancestry account password.
- Keep in mind that the deletion of your ancestry account is permanent. It means you did not recover your deleted ancestry account and all data from ancestry family trees will be deleted permanently.
How To Remove A Shared Family Tree From Your Ancestry Account?
You can also remove a shared family tree if someone shares their family tree with you. Here, we give some simple and easy steps to remove a shared family tree from your ancestry account, have a look.
- Click on the Tree tab and then go to create and manage trees.
- Choose the family tree that you want to remove from under the Tree shared with me option.
- Click remove from the list given next to the tree.
- Click on Ok button to confirm.
Note: These given steps only remove the family tree from your list not from the ancestry. The original owner still has all the rights to that tree.
At the Bottom
At last, you can remove a family tree from ancestry and the deletion of your family tree will be permanently. So, think once before deleting your tree from ancestry. To get any help regarding ancestry, contact us on our free live chat support. We have 24/7 customer support.