X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FRemove-Account.md;h=eab4ab059b74936281597bee480e51980a75b7e4;hb=34cea93a8be03690d8515039c61affc9f328a02b;hp=f526b78a8fc907b68301451956ecd469e629ec0e;hpb=6d507a840a1bcb8bd3591a808c7a8f29ca1eebd8;p=friendica.git diff --git a/doc/Remove-Account.md b/doc/Remove-Account.md index f526b78a8f..eab4ab059b 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/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.