Prepping your linkblue account for after UK Make your transition from UK smoother with these steps

If you are in a separated or inactive status with the University of Kentucky (e.g., graduating, transferring, ending employment), your linkblue account will eventually go away. 

This automated process called account deprovisioning is essential to keep UK's systems secure and healthy. The account deprovisioning process is different based on what kind of role you had at UK (e.g., student, faculty, staff). 

For more information, see our about the Account Deprovisioning page.

Files kept in your individual UK storage (e.g., OneDrive, Google Drive) will be deleted upon deprovisioning. If you need to keep them, move them to personal storage.

• Wait! Do you have files that need to be shared with or accessed by UK colleagues or contacts? Move your files into a collaborative space like a Microsoft Team or SharePoint site. This way, your team will be able to access files they need from you after your account is deprovisioned.

Need more help understanding the difference between OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams? Visit its.uky.edu/m365 for an overview.

Move any emails you wish to keep from your UK email account to a non-UK email account.

• If you do not have a non-UK email account, you can utilize one of several widely available email services (e.g., Outlook.com, Gmail, iCloud, your internet service provider).
• Notify anyone who communicates with you through your UK email address of your personal email address. 

UK ITS does not recommend associating your UK email address with any personal accounts. However, if you connected your UK email to any personal accounts (e.g., social media, streaming services), it is important to update them to a personal email address.

After your account is deprovisioned, you can still access your official University documents by visiting the myDocs self-service document portal (mydocs.uky.edu). The documents that can be accessed from the document portal include:

• Student 1098-T
• Student Unofficial Transcript
• Employee W2
• Employee Pay Stubs

Note: You must have an account recovery option (e.g., personal email, phone number) associated with your account before it is deprovisioned in order to use the myDocs portal. Account recovery options are used to validate your identity. 

Make sure you are still in touch with UK! For alums, there are more options than ever for easily and securely updating your record with the UK Alumni Association.