What happens to Midjourney accounts when the owner dies
Midjourney, Inc. accounts are forfeited under the program's terms when the account is closed
Midjourney Support (no dedicated estates channel)
Midjourney publishes no timeline for estate requests, because it publishes no estate process. Support tickets return an automated acknowledgment with a ticket number within a few minutes; there is no published response SLA. Subscription cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. Account deletion runs a 7-day reconsideration window, after which the account and its data are deleted within 30 days. Refunds, where the account qualifies (under 20 lifetime GPU minutes), can take up to 10 business days to reach the bank.
When a Midjourney account holder dies, accounts are forfeited under Midjourney, Inc.'s terms. The account balance has no transferable value, and there is no formal process for heirs to claim accounts.
Families have occasionally received goodwill accommodations from Midjourney, Inc., but these are not part of the published terms and cannot be relied upon.
What to do
When a Midjourney account holder dies, these are the steps to take:
- •Certified copy of the death certificate
- •Proof of your legal authority (letters testamentary, letters of administration, or a court order)
- •Government-issued photo ID of the requester
- •The account email address or Midjourney ID
- •Cancels the subscription immediately
- •Opens a 7-day reconsideration window in which the request can be reversed
- •Deletes the account and its associated data within 30 days of the request, after which it cannot be restored
Required Documents
- Certified copy of the death certificate
- Proof of legal authority (letters testamentary, letters of administration, or court order)
- Government-issued photo ID of the requester
- The account email address or Midjourney ID
Timeline
Midjourney publishes no timeline for estate requests, because it publishes no estate process. Support tickets return an automated acknowledgment with a ticket number within a few minutes; there is no published response SLA. Subscription cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. Account deletion runs a 7-day reconsideration window, after which the account and its data are deleted within 30 days. Refunds, where the account qualifies (under 20 lifetime GPU minutes), can take up to 10 business days to reach the bank.
Frequently asked questions
No. Midjourney publishes no bereavement, estate, or deceased-user process: no form, no memorial option, no legacy contact, and no estates team. A survivor's only route is a written request to Midjourney support through the help-center request form or billing@midjourney.com, enclosing a death certificate and proof of authority to act for the estate. Midjourney is not obliged to answer, and no outcome is promised.
Because owning the assets and having access to the account are two different things. Midjourney says the subscription and image history "can't be transferred," and that the image gallery, image count history, and other account-specific details will not move to another account. So the archive is estate property sitting inside an account the estate cannot inherit. That gap is exactly what a written request to Midjourney asks it to bridge, as a discretionary matter. Downloading the assets during life is the only route that does not depend on Midjourney agreeing.
Sometimes, and only partially. Midjourney is open by default, so assets generated without Stealth Mode may be publicly visible on the Explore page at midjourney.com/explore. Stealth Mode (available on Pro and Mega plans) keeps creations off the public site entirely, so a Stealth account leaves nothing to find. Beyond what is public, the family would have to ask Midjourney support in writing for an export or a list of what the account holds. Midjourney publishes no process for that and no one should be signing in as the deceased.
Yes. Subscriptions auto-renew monthly or annually and keep charging the payment method on file until they are cancelled. Cancellation stops future payments; access to subscription features continues to the end of the paid period. Refunds are narrow — under the published refund policy, only accounts with under 20 lifetime GPU minutes qualify, and the refund option appears at cancellation if it applies. Where the estate cannot reach the account, closing the underlying payment card with the issuing bank is the reliable way to stop further renewals.
Cancelling stops future payments and ends image generation at the close of the billing period, while the account and the generated assets stay reachable. Deleting is a different, irreversible act: started from https://www.midjourney.com/account, it cancels the subscription immediately, opens a 7-day reconsideration window during which it can be reversed, and then deletes the account and its associated data within 30 days. An estate should never start a deletion until it has downloaded everything it wants and finished any request to Midjourney.
Since Midjourney accounts are forfeited at death under the official terms, accounts can only be used during the account holder's lifetime. Redeeming, transferring, or sharing accounts while the account is active preserves their value.
Sources
Data sourced from Midjourney, Inc. primary sources (12 pages reviewed). How we research.
Midjourney Support (no dedicated estates channel)
Midjourney publishes no timeline for estate requests, because it publishes no estate process. Support tickets return an automated acknowledgment with a ticket number within a few minutes; there is no published response SLA. Subscription cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. Account deletion runs a 7-day reconsideration window, after which the account and its data are deleted within 30 days. Refunds, where the account qualifies (under 20 lifetime GPU minutes), can take up to 10 business days to reach the bank.
