Digital estate checklist: 9 categories to cover
A practical, Australia-specific checklist for organising your online accounts, subscriptions and digital assets — so nothing gets left behind.
Last changed: 19 October 2026Download the free one-page checklist (PDF, 1 page)Print it and tick off each category as you go. No email needed.
Most people have dozens of online accounts by the time they stop and think about it — email, banking, streaming, shopping, super, social media, cloud storage. None of it is written down anywhere your family could find it. This checklist walks through the nine categories worth covering, in order.
1. Email accounts
List every email address you actively use. Email is often the master key to everything else — most "forgot password" flows route through it, so it's usually the first account an executor needs access to.
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2. Social profiles
Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and similar platforms each have their own process for memorialising or deleting a deceased person's account. Decide in advance which you want, and note it against each platform.
3. Cloud storage and photos
Google Photos, iCloud, Dropbox — wherever your photos and personal files live. These are often the most sentimentally important accounts and the easiest to overlook.
4. Banking and financial accounts
Beyond what's already itemised in a will — everyday accounts, buy-now-pay-later services, and any accounts held with neobanks or fintechs that a family might not know exist.
5. Cryptocurrency
Treat this separately from everything else — see our full guide to crypto and digital estates for why self-custody wallets need a different approach entirely.
6. Subscriptions
Streaming, software, gym memberships, subscription boxes — anything that charges automatically and will keep charging until someone actively cancels it.
7. Devices
Phones, laptops, tablets — note who should inherit each device and, separately, how to unlock it.
8. Other digital assets
Domain names, loyalty program points, digital purchases (ebooks, games, app store credit) — easy to forget, sometimes genuinely valuable.
9. Government and utility accounts
myGov, energy and telco providers, insurance portals — practical accounts that need closing or transferring, not sentimental ones, but administratively important.
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A note on passwords
Don't write actual passwords into this kind of document. Use a password manager (we recommend Bitwarden — see why) and record only which accounts exist and what to do with each one. See our guide to setting up a secure password vault for the full method.