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Here is how you can delink Aadhar from bank account, mobile number and private wallet services

Updated : September 27, 2018 06:32 AM IST

The apex court has now ruled that linking of Aadhaar with mobile phone numbers is unconstitutional.

Many of you have linked your biometric details to banks and telecom service providers through e-KYC or c-KYC process.

Here is how you can delink Aadhar from bank account, mobile number and private wallet services

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Aadhar card number and card details are not required when it comes to mobile connections or opening a bank account.

The apex court has now ruled that linking of Aadhaar with mobile phone numbers is unconstitutional.

The court also announced that Aadhaar was no more mandatory for school admissions, and said that CBSE, UGC and NET cannot ask for Aadhaar details of students for admission purposes.

Many of you have linked your biometric details to banks and telecom service providers through e-KYC or c-KYC process.

Now with today's Supreme Court order many of you wanted to delink your Aadhaar.

Here is how you can delink Aadhar from your bank account and mobile numbers.

You have to visit the bank branch and ask the customer service to provide a physical form to delink Aadhaar.

Your Aadhar will get delinked within 48 hours of the submission of forms.

You can check for the same by calling the bank to find out if the account has been unlinked.

You can follow the similar process to delink the Aadhaar from your mobile numbers.

Here is how you can delink Aadhar from Private Wallet services

You have to call the required customer care numbers of the private wallet firms such as Paytm, Ola, Uber, Google Pay, MobiKwik.

You need to ask for an e-mail from the customer care service representative to delink your Aadhaar.

You will receive an e-mail which will ask you to attach a soft copy of your Aadhaar and you have to reply to the mail with the picture of Aadhaar card.

These firms will confirm by e-mail that your Aadhaar will be unlinked within 72 hours.

According to Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) "Compendium of Regulations, Circulars and Guidelines" for authentication of Aadhaar-based e-KYC, the Aadhaar number holder may, at any time, revoke consent given to a KUA for storing his e-KYC data."

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