Deleting your account

You can delete your own account from your profile. This removes you as a person; it is different from deleting an organization, which removes a whole workspace.

Delete your account

1. Open your profile and find Delete account at the bottom.
2. Type your email address to confirm, then choose Delete my account.
3. You are signed out. Your account cannot be recovered.

What is removed, and what stays

Your name, email, and photo are removed. Your email address frees up, so you could sign up again later as a new account.

Your past contributions stay with each organization, because the organization is the keeper of its own records. Records you entered, reviews you made, and the like remain, but your name on them changes to Deleted user. This keeps each organization’s data and history intact while removing your personal details.

Your organizations

• An organization that only you belong to is deleted along with your account.
• In an organization where you are a member or a co-owner, you simply leave. The organization keeps its data and its other owners.
• If you are the only owner of an organization that has other members, you cannot delete your account yet. Make another member an owner, or delete that organization, first, so other people’s work is not lost.

This cannot be undone

Deleting your account is immediate and permanent. If you might want a copy of an organization’s data, take a full data export before you start (an owner or admin can do this).

Related

• Deleting your organization
• Where your data is stored