X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FRemove-Account.md;h=4b4853b6b9407ad609e5d6f8951da9bbc7f8f0fa;hb=fca72c49960fd4c5cc22c426053822d9ee9350e5;hp=f526b78a8fc907b68301451956ecd469e629ec0e;hpb=8aa25523721303b6883e1a793f20997f8a33ec0a;p=friendica.git diff --git a/doc/Remove-Account.md b/doc/Remove-Account.md old mode 100755 new mode 100644 index f526b78a8f..4b4853b6b9 --- a/doc/Remove-Account.md +++ b/doc/Remove-Account.md @@ -5,9 +5,18 @@ Remove Account We don't like to see people leave Friendica, but if you need to remove your account, you should visit the URL -http://friendica-site/removeme +http://sitename/removeme -with your web browser. You will need to be logged in at the time. (Replace "friendica-site" with the hostname of your Friendica 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.