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-We don't like to see people leave Friendika, but if you need to remove your account, you should visit the URL
+We don't like to see people leave Friendica, but if you need to remove your account, you should visit the URL
-http://friendika-site/removeme
+http://sitename/removeme
-with your web browser. You will need to be logged in at the time. (Replace "friendika-site" with the hostname of your Friendika server)
+with your web browser.
+You will need to be logged in at the time.
-You will be asked for your password to confirm the request. If this matches your stored password, your account will immediately be removed. Unlike some social networks we do **not** hold onto it for a grace period in case you change your mind. Your user details, your conversations, your photos, your friends - everything; will be removed immediately and you will be logged out.
+You will be asked for your password to confirm the request.
+If this matches your stored password, your account will immediately be blocked to all probing.
+Unlike some social networks we do **not** hold onto it for a grace period in case you change your mind.
+All your content and user data, etc is instantly removed.
+For all intents and purposes, the account is gone in moments.
+We then send out an "unfriend" signal to all of your contacts.
+This signal deletes all content on those networks.
+Unfortunately, due to limitations of the other networks, this only works well with Friendica contacts.
+We allow four days for this, in case some servers were down and the unfriend signal was queued.
+After this, we finish off deleting the account.