Accounts that haven't been logged into for more than a year but have no more than 1 or 2 finds on them do get deleted pretty regularly. It frees up trailnames for other people who might use them, and I figure if someone does eventually come back, it's pretty easy to record the 1 or 2 finds that had been deleted.

-- Ryan

That would explain why I could never find my old account.
I signed up 11 years ago but then we moved to an area and we had dial up internet. I stopped using AQ and only used LBNA cause it would load faster. Then we moved again and I went back to AQ and could not find me. I've always been disappointed that my anniversary date does not match up.
RC

Here's another one. Can you delete an alias you don't need? I tried before, but I couldn't figure out how. I needed it for a sneaky project and haven't needed it since.

Sigh. No hope for the Trail Name I would love to have. They haven't logged on since 2012, but have 11 plants and 92 finds. Oh well...

Can you delete an alias you don't need?

You can't delete an alias, but you can spin it off into a separate account so you don't have to look at it on your own account anymore. If the alias doesn't have any plants or more than a couple of finds, it'll get deleted automatically. Eventually. =)

-- Ryan

Will aliases get deleted if they don't have any plants or finds? I'm hoping not.

Will aliases get deleted if they don't have any plants or finds? I'm hoping not.

Not if it's attached to an active account. You'd have to spin it off and let it languish to (maybe) get it deleted.

-- Ryan

Thank you. Possibly they did not have a lot of finds. No worries. A new account can be made, but I figured that I would ask before going that route.

I appreciate everyone's suggestions and feedback. :-)

Thanks! I think I will do that.