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Delete BT account

Can anyone help please because this is driving me nuts!  I've been a BT phone/broadband customer for 25 years, with the same btinternet.com email address, which is used as my BT ID to log into the BT website.  I use a desktop computer with Windows 11 and Chrome, not a phone app.

For the last few days I've had recurring problems being locked out of either my BT email or My BT.  I've spent hours on chat with various 'guides' who are unable to fix the problem.

It appears I have an 'inactive account' which was set up in the expectation that I would migrate to EE, which I didn't ask for and never wanted to do.  The account remains open, but with no products.  This is from the My BT page:

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This morning I spent an hour online negotiating renewal of my broadband packaged, then got cut off.  When I tried to log back in again, I got this:

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Any attempt to access any account/service is met with an error message.   

Nobody at BT is able to get rid of this inactive account, which seems to take precedence over my live BT account.

At present I am into my email, but if I try to access MyBT via the menu bar, I get 'access denied'.

If I try to log in via bt.com/mybt I get this: 

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So right now I can't get into my BT account at all.  There was a complaint opened on Friday by a 'guide' but I can't access the 'existing complaints' option to see it, I get told to log into MyBT, which of course doesn't work.  

The 'guides' repeatedly suggest clearing the cache/cookies which I've done several times, makes no difference.  Also tried using Edge as an alternative browser, which gives me a 'network issue' when I try to access 'existing complaints'

Any ideas as I can't face another lengthy conversation with BT that achieves nothing.

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Re: Delete BT account

try contacting billing using message now and see if the can help you

https://www.bt.com/help/contact-bt/account-and-billing/broadband

if that does not work or help then try emailing the customer resolutions team address here

https://www.bt.com/bt-plc/assets/documents/about-bt/policy-and-regulation/our-governance-and-strateg...



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Thanks, I've been online via messaging for several hours without a resolution. The email address isn't given on the website, many thanks for that. Except on trying to send an email, I am getting the 'we are experiencing problems with the service' window. Yes, I know. Does anything at BT work? Thanks for your response anyway.
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Email did go through, immediately followed by a delivery failure message, 'bad destination mailbox address'. I guess that's why it's not on the website. Any other ideas how I can contact anyone who might be able to do something?
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The consumer resolution team email address is definitely shown on the link I posted. If using. Mobile then you need to change to desktop view or use pc or laptop



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Hi @mm2   Have you included any personal information in your images? If so, that will be the reason they are not being approved.

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I did put some screenshots in to demonstrate the error messages. Thanks, I will review.
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Deleted one screenshot with my live BT account number. Nothing identifiable on the others, just error messages. Bounced back with same 'bad destination mailbox address'.
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Using webmail on desktop PC, as always. BT just don't want email comms.
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Your best option now is customer resolution team who will respond and help you with your problem. If you check forum many people are helped by customer resolutions but up to you and just keep going getting nowhere



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