If you’re searching “how to access a deceased person’s iCloud,” “cancel Netflix after death,” or “what happens to Facebook when someone dies” — you’re probably in the middle of one of the hardest weeks of your life. This is here to help with the parts of it that involve logins, forms, and platforms — nothing more, nothing less.

This 25-page handbook walks through what’s actually possible on Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Instagram, and other major platforms after someone dies — honestly, including where the door is mostly closed. It’s built to be used at your own pace: read the parts you need, skip the rest, come back whenever you’re ready.

What’s inside:
• The first 72 hours — the small handful of things that are actually time-sensitive (almost nothing is)
• A gentle way to build an account inventory, even if you don’t know what accounts existed
• Email and cloud: what Google, Apple, and Microsoft will and won’t let you do
• Social media: a memorialize-or-close decision guide for Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Snapchat
• How to find and stop subscription charges still hitting their card
• An honest chapter on cryptocurrency — including when recovery genuinely isn’t possible
• Simple steps to protect their identity from fraud
• A plain-language overview of the legal layer, so professional conversations feel less foreign
• Fillable account inventory and subscription trackers

This won’t tell you how to grieve — it stays in its lane. What it offers is a ca