Re: Closing Your Credit Card Account Can Hurt Your Credit Score
Can? Yes. But not necessarily.
Also, 'can' may be the short term result but, again, not necessarily the long-term.
Can closing an account benefit your score? Yes, it can. If it doesn't negatively distort your debt to available ratio and if it has a positive or negligible effect on your length of credit history average.
There is some amount of foolishness that holds on to multiple cards with zero balances and no intent to use them, IMO.
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