Can you pass on your Square Enix account when you die?
Square Enix Holdings' terms forfeit a Square Enix account at death.
Protecting Square Enix account while the account is active
No beneficiary designation, account can only be redeemed, not transferred, and 3-step plan.
How to protect your Square Enix account while you are alive →Someone died. Handling Square Enix account after a death
Account are forfeited under the official terms, 3-step process, and 0 required documents.
What happens to a Square Enix account when someone dies →A Square Enix Account is the single login that holds a player's purchased digital content (Square Enix Store orders, game licenses, downloadable titles), any Crysta balance, and the Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI service accounts that hold characters and subscriptions.
Under Square Enix Holdings' terms, a Square Enix account closes when the holder dies and nothing in it passes to anyone. Square Enix Holdings allows no transfer of the account while the holder is alive.
What happens to Square Enix at death
Naming who acts after a death
Sources4
- 1.SQUARE ENIX Account Terms of Use, last modified August 16, 2011
- 2.SQUARE ENIX TERMS OF SERVICE, Last Updated Thursday Sep 4 2025 17:00 GMT
- 3.Can a SQUARE ENIX account be shared?
- 4.How do I change my registered information?
Square Enix Holdings publishes no process specific to a deceased person's account; a written request goes in through Square Enix Holdings' support ticket system. There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on a Square Enix account.
Sources
Data sourced from Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. primary sources (9 pages reviewed). How we research.
Square Enix customer support
Square Enix Support Center
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