Can you pass on your ChatGPT account when you die?
OpenAI's terms forfeit a ChatGPT account at death.
Protecting ChatGPT accounts while the account is active
No beneficiary designation, accounts can only be redeemed, not transferred, and 8-step plan.
How to protect your ChatGPT account while you are alive →Someone died. Handling ChatGPT accounts after a death
Accounts are forfeited under the official terms, 8-step process, and 5 required documents.
What happens to a ChatGPT account when someone dies →ChatGPT is OpenAI's AI assistant. An account holds conversation history, memory, Library files, custom GPTs and projects, and any prepaid Service Credits. Individual plans are Free, Go, Plus and Pro; Business and Enterprise are multi-seat workspace products.
Under OpenAI's terms, a ChatGPT account closes when the holder dies and nothing in it passes to anyone. OpenAI allows no transfer of the account while the holder is alive.
What happens to ChatGPT at death
- Forfeited at death
OpenAI's Terms of Use contain no provision addressing death, succession, inheritance or estate access, and void any attempt to assign or transfer rights under them; an account is not something a survivor steps into.1
Naming who acts after a death
- Designation
There is no legacy contact, delegate or account transfer feature on any ChatGPT tier.1
Other companies and product lines involved2
- Apple App Store
Cancelling a ChatGPT subscription bought through the App Store2
- Google Play
Cancelling a ChatGPT subscription bought through Google Play3
Sources3
- 1.Terms of Use, Effective January 1, 2026
- 2.Deleting your ChatGPT account
- 3.Canceling your ChatGPT subscription
OpenAI publishes no process specific to a deceased person's account; a written request goes by email to dsar@openai.com. There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on a ChatGPT account.
Sources
Data sourced from OpenAI, L.L.C. primary sources (15 pages reviewed). How we research.
ChatGPT customer support
OpenAI Help Center and Support
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