How to delete your Doximity account

About deleting your Doximity account

Doximity acts as a professional network specifically for physicians and other healthcare providers, facilitating professional networking, clinical news delivery, and secure communication tools like Doximity Dialer. Because the platform links directly to your NPI number, medical credentials, and state medical board licensing data, it creates a permanent digital footprint that can be difficult to manage.

Users often choose to delete their Doximity account for several reasons:

• Reducing exposure of professional contact information to pharmaceutical recruiters and industry sales representatives.
• Opting out of the platform’s aggregated medical news feeds and notification systems.
• Concerns regarding the monetization of professional data and the potential sharing of activity logs with third-party partners.
• A desire to remove outdated or inaccurate professional biography information that is indexed by major search engines.

What happens to your data

When you request deletion, Doximity is tasked with scrubbing your profile information from their active servers. However, it is important to understand that your professional history is deeply intertwined with their infrastructure. Types of data processed by Doximity include:

• National Provider Identifier (NPI) details and board certification records.
• Professional contact history and residency/fellowship training documentation.
• Clinical communication metadata from the Dialer tool.
• Behavioral data related to which medical news articles you read or clinical alerts you engage with.

While account deletion should remove your public profile, Doximity may retain certain transaction logs or historical data points as required by legal or regulatory obligations. Furthermore, content you may have previously shared within professional groups may remain in an anonymized state, and any information previously scraped or cached by external search engines may persist outside of Doximity's control.

Privacy considerations

Doximity’s business model relies heavily on serving targeted advertising and recruitment opportunities to healthcare professionals. This creates a privacy profile that is unique to the medical sector, as the platform tracks your career transitions and clinical interests.

Privacy tips for Doximity users:

• Regularly check your notification settings to minimize the amount of data tracked through email opens and clicks.
• Before deleting, request a copy of your personal data through their support team to see what has been collected.
• Be aware that your NPI-linked professional details are often public record; deleting your Doximity account removes the site's profile, but it does not erase your medical licensure information from state databases.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will deleting my Doximity account remove my profile from Google search results?

Yes, it will remove the live profile, but search engines like Google may continue to display cached versions for a period before their crawlers re-index the page.

Can I just deactivate my Doximity account instead of deleting it?

Doximity primarily operates through a support-led removal process; deactivation implies you want to keep the account dormant, but deletion is required for a complete, permanent removal from their internal database.

Do I need to provide proof of identity to delete my Doximity account?

Yes, Doximity requires that you email them from the email address currently associated with your account to verify that you are the legitimate owner of the medical professional profile.

Does deleting my account impact my Doximity Dialer access?

Yes, deleting your account will terminate your access to all Doximity tools, including the Dialer feature, which allows you to mask your personal phone number when calling patients.

Can I sign up again if I change my mind after deleting my account?

Yes, but you will effectively be creating a new account. Your previous data, networking history, and clinical preferences will not be recoverable once the deletion process is complete.

Is it possible to delete my data without contacting support?

Doximity does not currently offer a self-service 'delete' button within their account settings dashboard, making a direct email to their support team the only reliable method for account closure.