 TITLE: Removing Yourself as an Authorized User Could Help Your Credit CONTENT: How to Remove Yourself From an Account\n--------------------------------------\nYou're generally able to remove yourself as an authorized user by calling the credit card issuer and requesting the change. You may also be able to ask to remove yourself from the account online, depending on the company.\nThe account will no longer appear on your credit report, and its activity will not be factored into your credit scores. That also means that your length of credit history, which constitutes 15% of your FICO® Score, will be affected. In other words, if the credit card you were attached to was the oldest account on your report, your credit history will be shorter without it. But that's a worthwhile change if the account was poorly managed otherwise; late payments have a larger effect on your creditworthiness than length of history. END