1. Read your contract first
Find the notice period, any minimum term, what happens to commission after you leave, and who owns the accounts and content. Our contract checklist shows what to look for.
2. Give notice in writing
Email the agency with the date you are giving notice and your final day. Keep the message calm and factual, and keep a copy.
3. Take back every account
- Change the password on your subscription page and every social account the agency could use.
- Turn on two-factor authentication on your own device, and remove any the agency set up.
- Remove team or manager access, and sign out of all other sessions.
- Check that the email address on each account is yours.
Our guide to sharing account access explains the access types to look for.
4. Check your payouts
Confirm your payout and bank details are yours and unchanged, and watch the next payout arrive. If anything has changed, contact your platform’s support team straight away.
5. Get a final statement
Ask for a statement covering the last period, showing earnings, the platform fee, how the final commission was worked out and what, if anything, is owed. Check it against your own platform statements.
6. Ask for your data to be deleted
In the UK you can ask an organisation to delete personal data it holds about you, and it must usually do so unless it has a legal reason to keep it. The ICO explains your right to get your data deleted (external site). Ask for your photos, ID copies and messages to be included. [VERIFY: current ICO guidance]
Sources
- your right to get your data deleted (ico.org.uk)
This guide is general information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Platform features and rules change, so check your platform’s current terms. Last checked .
