Delete your account
What happens, what is kept for 30 days, and how to take your data first.
You can leave IdeaLine at any time. It takes about a minute. Download your data first if you want a copy.
Deleting cannot be undone by you. For 30 days we keep one sealed, encrypted copy in case of a mistake, then we erase it.
What deleting does#
- If you are a member: your sign-in, profile and preferences are deleted. Projects and comments you created stay with your team, and your name on past activity becomes “Former member”.
- If you are the owner and others use the workspace: you can hand ownership to someone you choose first. The team keeps everything else. This is the recommended choice.
- If you are the owner and choose to delete the whole workspace: every project, idea, file link, comment, contact and the activity log is erased, and everyone loses access.
Steps#
- Take your data first
Owners can download everything from Settings, Data & backup. See Download everything: your data backup. Members can ask an admin for a copy of team data.
- Open Settings and choose Plan & account
- Scroll to Delete my account and choose it
IdeaLine explains what will happen for your role.
- Choose what to do with the workspace
Owners choose Hand the workspace to someone else or Delete the entire workspace.
- Type DELETE and tick I understand this is permanent
The button turns on only when both are done.
- Confirm
You are signed out and your account is removed.
Deleting your account does not cancel a paid plan by itself. See Cancel your plan for how to cancel or update billing.
Related articles
- Download everything: your data backupGet a complete copy of your workspace as a ZIP, Excel workbook or JSON file.
- Cancel your planCancel in your billing page. Cancelling never deletes your workspace or data.
- Who owns your data and who can see itYour work is yours, access follows your roles and you can take it with you at any time.
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