Account Deletion
Last updated: 9 July 2026
You can leave did:pic at any time. Because did:pic is built on AT Protocol, there's a difference between deleting your did:pic experience and deleting your underlying atproto account.
Quick guide
| What you want | How |
|---|---|
| Stop using did:pic on this device | Sign out from the drawer menu, or uninstall the app |
| Forget my did:pic local data | Uninstall the app - local data lives only on your device |
| Stop receiving notifications | Sign out (we'll remove your push token) or turn off notifications in OS settings |
| Remove my account from did:pic's AppView cache | Email [email protected] with the subject "Delete my AppView data" and your DID or handle |
| Take a break without deleting anything | In the app: menu → Deactivate / Delete → Deactivate. Your profile and posts are hidden network-wide until you reactivate (for example by signing in on Bluesky) |
| Delete my actual atproto account | In the app: menu → Deactivate / Delete → Delete. You'll confirm with your account password and a code emailed by your provider. You can also delete directly with your PDS provider (Bluesky / Blacksky / Eurosky / etc.) |
What "delete my AppView data" actually does
When you email us, we'll:
- Remove all rows we hold for your DID - profile cache, posts, comments, likes, follows, follower graph, notifications, push tokens, labels.
- Stop indexing new public records from your DID via the firehose (we'll filter them out at ingest going forward).
What we can't do:
- Delete records from your PDS ourselves - deletion is always executed by your provider. The in-app delete flow sends the request to them with your authorisation.
- Delete copies that other AppViews (Bluesky's main AppView, third-party ones) have cached. AT Protocol is a public-record network - your public posts can be cached by anyone with firehose access.
If you delete your account at your PDS provider (in-app or directly), your records vanish from the firehose. Other AppViews that respect deletes will then drop them too over time.
When your PDS reports your account as deactivated or deleted, did:pic automatically stops showing your account and content.
DIDs are permanent
Your DID (the long did:plc:... string that identifies you) is permanent at the protocol level - it's registered with the PLC directory. Even after account deletion, the DID itself exists. This is an AT Protocol design choice; we can't change it.
Response time
We aim to action verified deletion requests within 30 days, usually much sooner.
Contact
- Deletion requests: [email protected]
- Operator: Luke Cashion-Lozell, Queensland, Australia