To delete your Naukri account: in the Naukri app, tap the menu (three lines, top left) → Settings → Communication & Privacy, scroll to "Not looking for a job change right now", tap the three dots → Delete Account, tick the boxes, pick a reason and confirm with your password. On naukri.com the same option sits under Read More on that row. Naukri says your profile leaves its database within 24 hours and its emails can take up to 7 days to stop.
Want to deactivate instead? In the same Communication & Privacy settings, choose "Not looking for job right now" → "Deactivate till next login". Naukri says it stops all its emails, and the account wakes up when you next log in.
The catch: Naukri's own help says that once deleted, you cannot open another account with the same email ID. And deletion only reaches what Naukri still holds — resumes recruiters already downloaded, cached search results and copies on other job sites survive it. Save your resume first, then send a Section 12 (DPDP Act 2023) erasure request to anyone who kept a copy.
Steps checked against Naukri's own settings FAQ on 14 October 2026.
Naukri's own help pages tell you how to delete your Naukri account, and that part works. What they don't cover is the thing people actually search for a month later: the account is gone, and the recruiter calls haven't stopped. If what you set out to do was remove your resume from Naukri — not just close a login — then deleting the account is only the first half of the job. Your resume is a file. Files get copied, and a copy that has already left Naukri's servers is beyond Naukri's reach, whatever you do inside your settings.
Why your resume outlives the account
Three kinds of copy survive the deletion — and there's a fourth thing people forget entirely:
- Search engines cached the page. If your profile page was ever crawled, the entry sits in the index until the crawler comes back and finds nothing there. The page is dead; the snippet with your name on it isn't, yet.
- Recruiters downloaded your resume. This is the one that keeps ringing your phone. A recruiter on a paid database seat can pull your resume into their own applicant-tracking system. That file now belongs to their company — a separate organisation, with its own copy of your salary history and your number.
- Aggregators and partner boards republished it. Job content gets syndicated and scraped. A listing or profile can end up mirrored on smaller boards that never heard about your deletion and have no reason to check.
- A sibling site in the same group may still hold you. Naukri's parent, Info Edge, also runs 99acres and Jeevansathi. Deleting one account does nothing to the others — if you ever signed up, name each site explicitly in the same erasure request instead of filing three.
Step one — delete what Naukri still controls
Take stock before you delete
Deletion is irreversible and it takes your account view away with it. First: save the resume file you uploaded, note the exact email address and phone number the account used, and screenshot whatever your account shows you about recruiter activity. You'll need those details to write an erasure request later — and to recognise who's calling you.
Decide: hide, deactivate, or delete
Naukri offers three levels, and only the last one is permanent. Hide from recruiters: Settings → Communication & Privacy → Customize, and under "Communication from Recruiters" choose "No Email" — Naukri says recruiters then cannot find your profile in its database, while you can still search and apply. Deactivate: choose "Not looking for job right now" → "Deactivate till next login", which stops all Naukri emails until you log in again. Delete: only if you want the profile gone for good, because the email address goes with it.
Delete your Naukri account
App: menu → Settings → Communication & Privacy → scroll to "Not looking for a job change right now" → three dots → Delete Account → tick the boxes → Confirm → pick a reason → Send → enter your password → Confirm. Website: profile icon → Settings → Communication & Privacy → "Read More" on that row → Delete Account → reason → password → "Delete Account & Logout". It cannot be undone. Naukri says the profile can take up to 24 hours to leave its database and emails up to 7 days to stop, so expect a short tail of mail.
Step two — chase the copies that outlived it
Clear the stale search result
If your old profile still appears in Google, the page is already gone and only the index is stale. Google's "Remove outdated content" tool asks it to re-check the URL now instead of waiting for the next crawl. Full walkthrough: remove your name from Google Search →
Go after the recruiters who already have it
No setting on Naukri touches this copy. Each company holding your downloaded resume is its own Data Fiduciary under the DPDP Act 2023, and owes you the same Section 12 right to erasure. So when one calls: ask which company they're from and where they got your details, then send that company its own erasure request. Our free DPDP notice generator drafts one from a short form — you send it from your own inbox.
Ask Naukri — and its group sites — in writing
Deleting through the interface and being erased from every system are not the same claim. Send a Section 12 erasure request naming your data (name, email, phone, resume, work history) and asking for written confirmation. Send it to the grievance contact published in Naukri's privacy policy — look it up, don't guess an address, because a legal notice sent to an address that doesn't exist just bounces into a void. Name 99acres and Jeevansathi in the same email if they apply to you.
Be straight about what the law gets you. Section 12 of the DPDP Act 2023 gives you the right to ask for erasure, but the Act commences in stages and that right becomes enforceable in May 2027. A request today asks for voluntary compliance and puts the date on record. That is leverage, not a guarantee — a company can lawfully keep data it is legally required to retain, and some simply won't reply. If yours doesn't reply, keep the record: it is what a final notice, and later a complaint to the Data Protection Board, rests on. How to escalate when a company ignores you →
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How do I delete my Naukri account?
In the Naukri app, tap the menu (three lines, top left) → Settings → Communication & Privacy, scroll to "Not looking for a job change right now", tap the three dots → Delete Account, tick the boxes, pick a reason and confirm with your password. On naukri.com the same option sits under Read More on that row. It is permanent, and Naukri says you cannot open another account with the same email ID afterwards.
Can I deactivate my Naukri account instead of deleting it?
Yes. In Settings → Communication & Privacy, choose "Not looking for job right now" and then "Deactivate till next login". Naukri says this stops all its emails and reactivates the account only when you log in again. Naukri still holds your data; to remove it, delete the account instead.
How long does Naukri take to delete my account?
Naukri says it may take up to 24 hours to remove your profile from the Naukri database, and up to 7 days for its emails to stop.
How do I remove my resume from Naukri?
To stop it circulating but keep the account, make your profile invisible to recruiters: Settings → Communication & Privacy → Customize, and under "Communication from Recruiters" choose "No Email". Naukri says recruiters then cannot find your profile in its database, though Naukri still holds the file. To remove your resume from Naukri altogether, delete the account — Naukri says that removes your profile information along with it. Neither reaches a copy a recruiter already downloaded; that needs its own Section 12 erasure request.
I deleted my Naukri account — why do recruiters still call me?
Because the recruiters calling you downloaded your resume before you deleted it. That copy sits in their own company's database, not Naukri's, so deleting your Naukri account does not reach it. Ask each caller which company they represent and where they got your details, then send that company its own Section 12 erasure request under the DPDP Act 2023.
Why is my Naukri profile still showing in Google after I deleted it?
The page is gone but the search index has not caught up. The result drops off when the crawler next visits the URL and finds nothing there. Google's "Remove outdated content" tool asks it to re-check sooner instead of waiting for the next crawl.
Does deleting my Naukri account delete the resume a recruiter already downloaded?
No. Once a recruiter downloads your resume into their own applicant-tracking system, that copy belongs to their company. You have the same right to ask for erasure against them under Section 12 of the DPDP Act 2023, but you have to ask them separately — Naukri cannot delete it for you.
How long does a company have to answer a DPDP erasure request?
There is no erasure deadline in force yet. The DPDP Act 2023 commences in stages, and the Section 12 erasure right becomes enforceable in May 2027; the Rules' 90-day figure is a ceiling on how long a company may take over grievances, not an erasure deadline. A request sent now asks for voluntary compliance and records the date you asked. A company can also lawfully keep data it is required by law to retain.
General information. The steps above were checked against Naukri's own settings FAQ on 14 October 2026; Naukri's screens may change — check the current ones before relying on them. Saaph.in is not affiliated with Naukri.com or Info Edge, and does not provide legal advice. Saaph is a communication facilitator: it transmits your own erasure request, and is not your legal representative or agent. Saaph.in is operated by Ronin Works Private Limited, Hyderabad, Telangana. Grievance contact: data@saaph.in.