Welcome to the Second Life Forums Archive

These forums are CLOSED. Please visit the new forums HERE

How long can an account remain inactive before deletion?

Wildefire Walcott
Heartbreaking
Join date: 8 Nov 2005
Posts: 2,156
11-21-2006 11:42
I always assumed that once you created your avatar, the account and all its inventory remained forever (because this is what some MMOs do), regardless of how long you might be away between logons.

But in the past couple of days, I've heard that your account/inventory are in fact deleted after a period of inactivity- although I've heard estimates anywhere between 1 and 6 months.

So two questions then:
1. Are inactive accounts deleted or pruned after a certain period of time?
2. How long is that time?

This might be of importance to people taking sabbaticals (me one year from now) or military folks leaving on long tours of duty.
_____________________
Desperation Isle Estates: Great prices, great neighbors, great service!
http://desperationisle.blogspot.com/

New Desperation Isle: The prettiest BDSM Playground and Fetish Mall in SL!
http://desperationisle.com/

Desperation Isle Productions: Skyboxes for lots (and budgets) of all sizes!
Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
11-21-2006 12:39
Hey Wildefire!

Good news, this was previously answered by moi:

/139/c4/138637/1.html
/139/86/110002/1.html
/139/f2/99259/1.html

You can find more past Linden Answers by doing a search.

*makes a note to self to make a Knowledge Base article for future easier finding*

T'care!
_____________________
Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
11-21-2006 18:19
[UPDATE] Thanx to your inquiry -- a helpful reminder for me! -- we have a formal entry in the Knowledge Base:
_____________________