Delete your Rooted News account

In the app or on the site

1. Sign in.
2. Open You (the person icon at the top right, or the You tab on a phone).
3. Press Delete account and confirm.

Open the You page

By email

Write to hello@rooted.news from the address on the account and it is deleted within a few days.

Delete some data without closing the account

• Comments: press Delete under any comment you wrote.
• Amplifies, saves and votes: press the same button again on the piece to undo it.
• Follows and blocks: open the You page and tap any topic, outlet or reader to unfollow or unblock.
• Photo, name and bio: You page, Remove photo or Edit name and bio.
• Email digests and local edition: switch them off on the You page.
• Sessions on other devices: You page, Sign out everywhere.

Anything else, email hello@rooted.news.

What is removed

Your profile, email, handle, name, bio and photo; everything you follow, block, amplify, save and vote on; your notifications, settings, sessions and sign-in links. Deletion happens at once and cannot be undone.

What stays

Comments you wrote remain as empty placeholders so other people's replies keep their place; your name is removed from them. Server logs that include your IP address are kept for 35 days and then deleted, as described in the privacy policy.