Digital Estate Planning
Plan your digital legacy. Guides on managing online accounts, digital assets, and inheritance.
30 articles
The Gamer's Digital Estate: What Happens to Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox Accounts?
Your digital gaming libraries hold thousands of dollars in games and virtual assets. Learn the estate rules for Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo.
Pet Digital Legacies: Managing Microchips, Smart Collars, and Vet Portals
Who inherits your pet's digital profile and medical records? Learn how to plan for pet legacy handoffs, smart collar access, and veterinary portals.
Digital Estate Planning: Simple Steps to Get Started
A friendly, step-by-step guide to digital estate planning for seniors and retirees. Learn how to pass down photos, emails, and accounts easily.
The Digital Nomad's Estate Plan: Managing Borderless Assets and Accounts
Digital nomads hold assets and accounts across multiple countries and jurisdictions. Learn how to build a borderless digital estate plan.
How to Include Your Digital Legacy in a Traditional Will Safely
Learn how to safely include digital assets and passwords in a traditional paper will — what to include, what to exclude, and how to bridge legal and technical planning.
Digital Asset Valuation: How to Appraise Domains, Crypto, and SaaS for Your Will
How do you calculate the financial value of digital assets for an estate plan? Learn valuation methods for domains, crypto, SaaS businesses, and digital IP.
The Complete Guide to Apple's Legacy Contact and Google Inactive Account Manager
Set up Apple Legacy Contact and Google Inactive Account Manager, understand what each can share, and connect them to a broader digital legacy plan.
What Happens to Your Social Media Accounts After Death? Platform-Specific Rules
Every social media platform handles death differently. Learn the specific rules for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, and more.
Digital Assets, Probate and Practical Access Planning
Connect legal authority, provider legacy settings and tested technical recovery without claiming that credentials bypass probate or transfer ownership.
How to Prevent Identity Theft After Death: The "Ghosting" Vulnerability
Deceased identity theft (ghosting) affects millions of families. Learn how to protect your accounts and prevent criminals from exploiting your digital legacy.
State Digital Asset Laws: Verify the Rules That Apply to You
How to check local fiduciary-access rules without relying on a stale state-adoption list.
Digital Executor vs Traditional Executor: What's the Difference?
What is the difference between a traditional executor and a digital executor? Learn their distinct roles and why you may need both.
Planning Digital Assets in a Will: Questions for Your Adviser
A complete guide to writing a legally valid digital will in the United States — what to include, what to exclude, and how to store credentials safely.
RUFADAA and Online Accounts: What to Ask Your Estate Adviser
Understand fiduciary-access questions, provider directions and the limits of a software checklist.
Wills, Public Records and Private Recovery Instructions
Wills become public record through probate. Anyone can read them — stalkers, scammers, estranged relatives, journalists. Put the WHAT in your will. Put the HOW in ZeroLatch.
How to Keep Family Photos Accessible Outside iCloud
Thousands of baby photos. Decades of memories. All locked in an iCloud account that Apple will happily delete after 12 months of inactivity. Don't let Apple erase your memories.
The Ethics of Digital Immortality and Final Messages
Consent, timing, authenticity and the difference between one deliberate farewell and an open-ended stream of posthumous messages.
In Case of Emergency Folder: Complete Digital and Paper Checklist
Build a practical emergency folder with contacts, document locations, account recovery instructions and separate urgent, legal and conditional-access layers.
How to Pass Apple Photos to Your Family
Combine Apple Legacy Contact, maintained photo exports, legal authority and tested recovery instructions so family memories do not depend on one device.
Digital Will vs Emergency Handover: Legal Authority and Practical Access
Understand what belongs in a will, what belongs in a practical digital handover, and why credentials alone do not create legal authority.
Digital Estate Planning Checklist (Free Template)
A comprehensive, actionable checklist for organizing your digital estate — covering accounts, assets, documentation, and legal preparation.
Preparing Your Digital Assets for Heirs
A practical guide to organizing, documenting, and securing your digital assets so your heirs can access them when needed.
Digital Inheritance Laws: How to Research Your Jurisdiction
An overview of digital inheritance legislation across major jurisdictions — US, UK, EU, Australia, and more.
Cloud Storage After Death: Policies of Major Providers
What happens to your Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, and OneDrive files after you die? Review provider policies and plan accordingly.
How to Choose a Digital Executor
A comprehensive guide to selecting and preparing a digital executor for your estate — qualities to look for, responsibilities, and legal considerations.
Email Accounts & Your Digital Legacy
Why email accounts are the most critical digital asset in your estate plan and how to ensure they are properly managed after your death.
Planning What Happens to Your Social Media Accounts
What happens to social media profiles when someone dies? Learn platform policies and how to prepare your accounts for your digital afterlife.
How to Include Digital Assets in Your Will
Separate legal authority, an asset inventory and private recovery instructions when planning digital assets.
What Happens to Online Accounts After Death?
Discover what major platforms do with your accounts after you die, and how to prepare for seamless digital legacy transfer.
Digital Estate Planning: The Complete 2026 Guide
Everything you need to know about digital estate planning in 2026 — from inventorying digital assets to choosing executors and tools.
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