How to Delete a Fortnite Account
When you delete an Epic Games account, Epic deletes all your game data and associated purchases. This process is permanent. All your progress in Fortnite is gone and you lose access to any games you bought from Epic Games. Your Epic Games friends list disappears and any downloadable content (DLC) like Fortnite V-Bucks is removed.
How to Unlink an Epic Games Account From a Console
To use a different Epic Games account on your Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, or PlayStation 4, you don’t have to delete the account data permanently. Instead, unlink it from the console and connect a new one in its place. Unlinking an Epic Games account from a console lets you use a different account on the console while maintaining the original account and its data on the Epic Game servers. Here’s how to unlink your console from an Epic Games account:
How Epic Games Accounts Work With Fortnite
Everyone who plays Fortnite has an Epic Games account. You create one automatically when you play Fortnite on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, or PlayStation 4. You can delete your Fortnite player data from the cloud. However, deleting your player data requires you to completely remove the associated Epic Games account, including digital purchases you made with it. In addition to powering Fortnite, players use Epic Games accounts to buy and download digital titles from the official Epic Games online storefront.
