My Legacy Is Deleting Stored Records on 4 January 2027: What to Save and Where

Last updated 1 October 2026. Facts are from My Legacy’s own notices on ask.gov.sg and the Singapore Academy of Law’s announcement of 9 September 2026.

What changes on 4 January 2027

My Legacy, the government’s end-of-life planning portal on LifeSG, is ending its storage of three kinds of record: personal information (important documents, financial accounts, bills and payments, properties, vehicles, digital accounts), funeral plans, and will records.

On 4 January 2027, everything stored in those sections is permanently deleted. It is not archived or made read-only. After that date neither you nor any Trusted Person you shared the records with can get them back.

My Legacy itself is not closing. It stays on LifeSG with its guides and its services for what to do when someone dies. Three records that come from other agencies are also unaffected and keep appearing as before:

• your Advance Care Plan
• your CPF nomination
• your Lasting Power of Attorney

Step 1: download what you stored

Log in to My Legacy with Singpass and download a copy of anything you stored in the personal information, funeral plan and will record sections. If you never used those sections, there is nothing to download.

Then tell anyone you shared the records with, usually a spouse, an adult child or the executor named in your will, that they will lose access on 4 January. The point of storing them was that someone else could find them. That now has to happen somewhere else.

Step 2: give each record a new home

A download sitting in your own Downloads folder does not help your executor. Each kind of record has a better place to live.

Will records: the SAL Wills Registry

A will record in My Legacy only noted that you had a will and where it was kept. The Singapore Academy of Law’s Wills Registry does the same job, and My Legacy is moving to read will-storage details from it rather than keep its own. The registry stores where your will is held, not the will itself.

Since 9 September 2026, SAL also accepts digital copies of wills through its Wills Repository Service. You have to go through a participating law firm that prepares or reviews your will, and deposits are free until 31 March 2027. Copies are kept for up to 120 years from your date of birth.

Financial accounts and policies: a written list your executor can find

This is the part most people stored in My Legacy, and it is the part an executor most needs. Which banks, which brokers (including overseas ones like IBKR), your CDP account, T-bills and SSBs, your SRS account, every insurance policy including group cover from work, property, vehicles, and debts.

Two details catch families out. CPF savings are not covered by your will. They follow your CPF nomination, or go to the Public Trustee if you have none. SRS savings are the opposite: there is no SRS nomination, so they form part of your estate and follow your will. An executor who knows about one and not the other will get the process wrong.

The checklist below lists every item worth recording. Fill it in, then keep it with your will or tell your executor exactly where it is. Do not write passwords on it: keep those in a password manager with an emergency-access feature.

Funeral plans: tell a person, not a portal

Funeral wishes only work if the people arranging the funeral know them in the first few days. Write them down, keep a copy with your will, and tell your next of kin where it is.

While you are logged in, check the three records that stay

The deletion is a good reason to check that your CPF nomination is up to date, that you have made a Lasting Power of Attorney if you want one, and that your Advance Care Plan reflects what you want now. These are the records that keep working through My Legacy after January.

If the list of accounts and policies turns out longer than you expected, it is also a good time to check that your coverage matches your dependents with the insurance needs calculator, and to tally what you own with the net worth benchmark.

Sources

• My Legacy on ask.gov.sg: “What changes are being made to My Legacy on 4 January 2027, and what do I need to do?” and “What data from My Legacy will be deleted?”
• Singapore Academy of Law, 9 September 2026: SAL Wills Registry enables secure deposit of digital copies of wills.
• CPF Board, on how CPF savings are distributed with and without a nomination.

This guide is educational content, not legal or financial advice, and it is not affiliated with LifeSG, My Legacy or the Singapore Academy of Law. Check the official My Legacy notices before acting, and speak to a lawyer about your will or estate.