Can you pass on your HBO Max account when you die?
Warner Bros. Discovery reviews requests about a HBO Max account after a death case by case. While alive, the account holder can use transfers to another member and authorized users.
Protecting HBO Max accounts while the account is active
No beneficiary designation, lifetime transfer options for accounts, and 6-step plan.
How to protect your HBO Max account while you are alive →Someone died. Handling HBO Max accounts after a death
Transfer is handled on a case-by-case basis, 6-step process, and 6 required documents.
What happens to a HBO Max account when someone dies →HBO Max is the streaming platform from Warner Bros. Discovery, offering HBO originals, Warner Bros. films, DC content and Discovery programming. It was branded "Max" from May 2023 until July 2025. An account holds up to five profiles.
Warner Bros. Discovery decides what happens to a HBO Max account after a death case by case; its terms promise no transfer. While the account holder is alive, Warner Bros. Discovery allows transfers to another member and authorized users.
What happens to HBO Max at death
- Case by case
HBO Max accounts are non-transferable under the US Terms of Use. Whether HBO Max does anything beyond closing a deceased subscriber's account is handled case by case.1
Naming who acts after a death
- Designation
There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on an HBO Max account; the account itself is non-transferable under the Terms of Use.1
Sources1
Warner Bros. Discovery publishes no process specific to a deceased person's account; a written request goes by email to support@HBOMax.com. There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on a HBO Max account.
Sources
Data sourced from Warner Bros. Discovery primary sources (7 pages reviewed). How we research.
HBO Max customer support
HBO Max Customer Support
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