Delete your account
One deliberate action, honestly described: what disappears, what remains, and the one thing you may need to do first.
Before you can delete
If you're the only owner of an organization, the deletion pauses and tells you which ones — an org is never left ownerless. Hand ownership to someone else (or close the org) and try again. Everything else — memberships, follows, subscriptions — needs no preparation.
What happens immediately
- Your sign-in stops working, everywhere, and your org memberships end.
- Your profile page is gone, and your handle begins a 30-day rest — nobody can claim it during the rest, so a departure can't be instantly impersonated.
- The action itself asks you to type a confirmation word — a deliberate act, not a misclick.
What remains, and why
Some records survive because they belong to shared history, not just to you:
- Conversations keep their shape — the messages you sent stay in the threads they were sent to (a conversation isn't only yours to unwrite), shown under a neutral label, not your name.
- Purchase and payment records remain — the organizations you transacted with keep their books, exactly as your receipts and their reports always matched (the fine print).
- Posts you deleted before leaving stay deleted; the "removed" markers hold their places.
Your name and handle come off these records; the records themselves stay truthful for the people who shared them with you. For anything beyond this — a formal data request — contact the operator of this deployment.
Good habits
- Export or note anything you'll want later before deleting — receipts especially. Deletion is immediate and there is no undo.
Did you know? Your old handle isn't gone forever for you either — after its 30-day rest, it's claimable again, by anyone. If you return with a new account, be quick.
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