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Closing an account will affect your credit score and decrease your score.

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Q: Does closing a cedit card by the consumer affect their credit negatively?
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Does closing a credit card account which was always paid on time harm your credit score?

Strangely enough, yes it does negatively but temporarily affect ones credit score.


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Can having too many charge accounts or closing extra accounts negatively affect your credit score?

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