Plus needed to
remove his authorized user accounts from his credit report to drop off 5/24 sooner.
I wanted to recount the process of how to
remove authorized user accounts from the credit report, plus how long it takes to
remove authorized user accounts.
For this reason, the credit bureaus are able to simply
remove an authorized user account at the consumer's request.
Review requirements regarding
removing authorized user accounts from a person's credit report.
Not exact matches
Any joint
accounts or
accounts where the other is listed as a cosigner or
authorized account user need to transferred to the responsible party or have the
account closed completely if one name can not be
removed.
Removing an
authorized user's
account access is easy.
If you later decide to
remove the
authorized user from the
account, you can simply call the credit card company and request it.
You can typically call the number on the back of your credit card and let the representative know you want to
remove the
authorized user from the
account.
Upon receiving your dispute, your stated reason for this request and the ECOA code showing you as an
authorized user should be all of the evidence required for the credit bureaus to
remove the
account from your credit files and block it from any future reappearance.
In your situation, however, as long as the ECOA code for the
account is properly indicating you as an
authorized user — not the responsible holder — of the card, all of the information the credit bureaus need to
remove the
account from your credit reports is contained entirely within those credit reports.
How being an
authorized user can affect your credit score For your protection and peace of mind, this
account needs to be
removed from your credit file.
When a name is
removed from the
account it's fairly easy to
remove authorized user from credit report as well.
Or, in bad times, by not being liable for the balance, the name of the
authorized user can be
removed from the
account and that trade line (
account) deleted from her credit report, no questions asked.
If you wish to have your name permanently
removed as an
authorized user on an
account, you will need to notify the credit grantor.
Despite any trust that you may have in your former spouse, you should definitely consider
removing them as an
authorized user on any
accounts that you own.
Being an
authorized user can help a teen's credit score, but if the teen is
removed as an
authorized user at some point in the future then this will shorten their average
account age, which is a negative factor in the eyes of credit rating agencies.
Should the history be more on the negative side, a nice perk of being an
authorized user and not a primary holder is that at any time you can simply have yourself
removed from the
account by contacting the card company and have the
account eliminated from your credit report and score by disputing it with the credit bureaus.
However, if you are
removed as the
authorized user, you will lose that credit history on your reports, leaving you with just your individually held
accounts.
Single
authorized user account removed from credit report?
So if the
account is mismanaged, an
authorized user can
remove himself to prevent further damage.
-- You can build credit quickly by being added as an
authorized user, but the benefits can vanish if you are
removed from the
account.
Clearing
authorized card user account information — The simplest way to remove negative information generated from an authorized user account is to be removed from the account... (See Author
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user account information — The simplest way to
remove negative information generated from an
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Authorized user accounts can be removed from your personal credit reports by asking Chase to reach out to the 3 credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion) and remove them if you are no longer an author
Authorized user accounts can be
removed from your personal credit reports by asking Chase to reach out to the 3 credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion) and
remove them if you are no longer an
authorizedauthorized user.
You'll have to stop using the card if the
account holder
removes you as an
authorized user, cancels the card or, though it should go without saying, dies.