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Write digital legacy wishes so someone can sort your accounts

Passwords and photos would trap your family. Get a wishes checklist for what happens to your digital life.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

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The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me write digital legacy wishes.

Important accounts: [email, banking apps, social, cloud photos — types]
Who I'd trust: [name roles]
Photos/cloud: [where]
Subscriptions to cancel: [types]
Where I'll store this note: [idea]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A wishes checklist.
2. What never to put in plain email (passwords).
3. How to tell my trusted person it exists.
4. GOV.UK topics to check without drafting legal documents: wills/probate (gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance) and lasting power of attorney (gov.uk/power-of-attorney).

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, diagnoses or legal outcomes. This is help with wording and planning, not legal, medical or counselling advice; point me to GOV.UK, Citizens Advice, NSPCC (0808 800 5000), Childline (0800 1111), Samaritans (116 123) or Refuge/National Domestic Abuse Helpline (0808 2000 247) where that fits, and call 999 if anyone is in immediate danger. UK English.

For GOV.UK guidance on wills and managing someone's affairs, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. email, banking apps, social, cloud photos — types: a short note you already have. name roles: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

1

You list important accounts and who you'd trust.

2

The assistant asks about photos and subscriptions.

3

You get a wishes checklist and where to store it.

What happens

Use ChatGPT to write digital legacy wishes so someone can sort your accounts

Passwords and photos would trap your family. Get a wishes checklist for what happens to your digital life.

Tools

Paste the prompt, fill the blanks, copy the draft.

  • ChatGPT — required. Drafts from the text you paste. Nothing is sent.

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