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This guidance is to help doctors who want to relinquish their registration.
You can apply for voluntary erasure in two ways.
You can either:
- Log in to your MyGMC account and apply online
OR
- Download a paper application form to complete and send by post.
If you want to apply online via MyGMC, you will need a PIN and password. If you do not have these, you should contact us 
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If you are planning on returning to our register in the future, you should make this application online.
A link to MyGMC and a form to download are available at the end of this guidance.
Your steps to voluntary erasure
- Read this guidance (7 pages)
AND
- Log in to MyGMC, complete your application for voluntary erasure and pay your fee
- Send your employer’s declaration by post
OR
- Download and complete an application form
- Send your completed application form along with your employer’s declaration and fee by post
There is more information about these steps on the following pages of this guidance.
