AOL allows you to transfer the ownership of an account to another individual as long as they are already listed under the account. A reason for transferring ownership would be if your loved one was the person of contact for billing purposes.

Instructions on how to access or close a loved one’s account can be hard to come by, depending on the company. Luckily, Microsoft has a very thorough process which you can find outlined below. The instructions they provide apply to Hotmail.com, Outlook.com, Live.com, Windowslive.com, and MSN.com.

If your loved one was a Yahoo Account Holder, Yahoo has a process for shutting down their account. This is the only option for managing their account as Yahoo’s Terms of Use do not allow for the account nor its contents to be transferred.

The person authorized to act on behalf of your loved one’s estate, or a verified immediate family member of your loved one can contact Twitter to have the account deactivated.

When someone passes away, you can either request to have their Instagram account memorialized or permanently deleted.

Today, more and more people are thinking of and planning for what will happen to their digital assets when they pass away. If you have a Google Account, you may customize your preferences for you want to occur in the event your account unexpectedly becomes inactive. More commonly, however, individuals will pass away without having designated anyone to manage their online accounts. In such circumstances, Google provides two options.

When someone passes away, Facebook allows you two options to manage their Facebook account. Option one is to permanently delete it, while the second option is to request that it is memorialized.