Guides

Practical, plain-English help for planning ahead, and for the days after someone dies. Checked against official sources.

• What to Do When Someone Dies in the UK: Step by StepA calm, step-by-step guide to the first days after a death in the UK: registering it, who to tell, finding the will, phones and accounts, and the funeral.
• How to Get Into a Loved One’s iPhone and Apple Account After They DieApple’s Legacy Contact lets someone you trust get your photos, messages and files after you die. How to set it up, what it includes, and what it doesn’t.
• What Happens to Your Google Account When You Die: Inactive Account ManagerGoogle’s Inactive Account Manager shares your Gmail, Photos and Drive with up to 10 people if your account goes quiet. How it works and how to set it up.
• Password Managers and Death: Emergency Access in Bitwarden, 1Password and Apple PasswordsIf your passwords are in a password manager, your family can’t get into anything without it. How emergency access works, and what to do if yours doesn’t have it.
• Two-Step Verification After Death: Don’t Lock Your Family OutSign-in codes by text or an authenticator app can stop your family getting into anything, even with the password. How to plan so they aren’t locked out.
• Where to Keep Your Will in the UK, and How to Make Sure It’s FoundA will nobody can find can’t be followed. Where to store it in England and Wales, registering where it is, and telling your executor.
• What to Do When Someone Dies in Ireland: Step by StepA calm, step-by-step guide to the first days after a death in Ireland: registering it, who to tell, finding the will, phones and accounts, and the funeral.
• What to Do When Someone Dies in Canada: Step by StepA calm, step-by-step guide to the first days after a death in Canada: registering it, who to tell, finding the will, phones and accounts, and the funeral.
• What to Do When Someone Dies in the US: Step by StepA calm, step-by-step guide to the first days after a death in the US: registering it, who to tell, finding the will, phones and accounts, and the funeral.