Digital Life Checklist
Use this checklist to review the accounts, devices, security settings, backups and digital access arrangements that help keep your online life organized and recoverable. You are checking that the systems exist — not recording passwords or other sensitive credentials here.
This page does not need your passwords, PINs, account numbers, recovery codes or security answers. Keep sensitive credentials in an appropriate secure system such as a reputable password manager.
How organized is your digital life?
Review security, recovery, devices, accounts and trusted access.
Mark that a password manager exists, that recovery settings were reviewed or that a backup is working. Do not type sensitive credentials into notes, forms or worksheets unless the tool was specifically built and secured for that purpose. This checklist does not ask for them.
Work through your digital life one system at a time.
You do not need to fix everything today. Start with the accounts that control access to other accounts — especially your primary email, password manager and account-recovery methods.
Primary Email Accounts
Email often controls password resets and account recovery across much of your digital life.
Passwords & Password Manager
A strong password system is easier to maintain than trying to remember every login.
Multi-Factor Authentication
Review extra login protection on the accounts that matter most.
Account Recovery
A secure account is still a problem if you cannot regain access when something changes.
Phones, Tablets & Computers
Your devices are gateways to email, financial accounts, photos and personal records.
Backups & Cloud Storage
A backup only helps if important information is actually included and recoverable.
Financial Accounts
Review access and security without writing financial credentials here.
Shopping, Subscriptions & Services
Recurring digital services can quietly accumulate over time.
Social Media & Communication
Review the accounts that represent you publicly or connect you with other people.
Business & Website Accounts
These accounts can be especially important if income or operations depend on them.
Digital Legacy & Trusted Access
Think about what would happen if you could no longer manage important digital accounts yourself.
Final Digital Review
Finish by looking for forgotten accounts, old devices and weak recovery points.
A digital inventory should point to secure information — not expose it.
This checklist is intentionally designed around confirmation rather than credential storage. A printed preparedness worksheet can be useful. A printed page full of passwords and security codes can create a new security problem.
Plan for the day you may not be the person logging in.
Trusted access does not mean giving everyone your passwords. It means making sure appropriate people can locate instructions, know which systems matter and understand what should happen if you are unavailable.
Household Access
Consider which digital services another household member may need to understand, such as utilities, shared subscriptions or household records.
Business Continuity
If digital accounts keep a business operating, make sure appropriate continuity instructions exist for domains, email, websites and key services.
Final Affairs
Digital photos, social accounts, subscriptions and online property can be part of broader final-affairs and estate-planning conversations.
Connect your digital life with the rest of your preparedness system.
Use current security guidance when protecting important accounts.
Digital-security practices change over time. For current guidance on account protection, scams, identity theft and cybersecurity, use reputable government and standards-based sources.
Start with your primary email account.
If your main email controls password resets for everything else, it is one of the most important places to begin. Review its password, multi-factor authentication and recovery settings first, then work outward through the rest of your digital life.