X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FRemove-Account.md;h=83cb941e80e90d9cd61293d403033f869e6a353e;hb=cc5c3426fe5da01257a458ca0067cd6ee5ec60f3;hp=f526b78a8fc907b68301451956ecd469e629ec0e;hpb=6d507a840a1bcb8bd3591a808c7a8f29ca1eebd8;p=friendica.git diff --git a/doc/Remove-Account.md b/doc/Remove-Account.md index f526b78a8f..83cb941e80 100644 --- a/doc/Remove-Account.md +++ b/doc/Remove-Account.md @@ -5,9 +5,19 @@ 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/settings/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 marked as deleted. +There is no grace period, this action cannot be reverted. +Most of your content and user data will be deleted shortly in the background. +We then send out a notification about the account removal to all of your contacts so that they can do the same with their copy of your data. + +For technical reasons some of your user data is still needed to transmit this removal message. +This remaining data will be deleted after a period of around seven days. + +To disallow impersonation we have to save your used nickname, so that it can't be used again to register on this node.