> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.brewfather.app/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.brewfather.app/legal/account-deletion.md). # Account Deletion How to delete a Brewfather account, cancel a separately managed subscription, and understand active-system, backup, legal-retention, and third-party effects. **Last updated: 19 October 2026** {% hint style="info" %} **In short.** This summary is not part of this page and is not binding. If it differs from the full text below, the full text applies. * Export anything you want to keep first. * Before deleting, cancel any renewing subscription and transfer or delete brewery workspaces you own. Deleting the account does not necessarily cancel a subscription. * Delete under **Account → Data and privacy** (in older app versions, at the end of **Settings**). * Where the app shows a recovery deadline, you have seven days to recover the account. Otherwise deletion starts when you confirm and cannot be undone. * Copies held elsewhere (your exports, data sent to third parties) and records we must or may keep, for example for tax or legal reasons, are not deleted. Backups can keep deleted data for up to five weeks. * Cannot sign in? Email from the account email. {% endhint %} Account deletion becomes permanent when the recovery period described below ends. Export anything you want to keep before you start. See [Data Safety](/data-safety.md) and the [Privacy Policy](/legal/privacy-policy.md). Mandatory consumer law may entitle you to retrieve qualifying content when the contract ends. If it does and the in-app export is unavailable on your plan, email . We will then provide the qualifying export free of charge, without requiring third-party API access, within the period and in the format the law requires. The right is not lost merely because the in-app export is unavailable. Asking for the export before you delete the account helps avoid delay. Once deletion is permanent, the content may no longer be available. ## Delete the Brewfather account Before you ask us to delete the account: * cancel any subscription that is still set to renew, as described below; and * if your version of Brewfather has brewery workspaces, delete or transfer every workspace you own. Newer app versions block the deletion request until both steps are done. Older versions do not check, and deleting the account there does not stop billing, so cancel renewal yourself first. These steps do not limit a statutory erasure request. If you cannot complete them, or you want to exercise a privacy right separately, email . 1. Sign in to the account you want to delete. 2. Open **Account → Data and privacy**. In app versions without that page, open **Settings** and scroll to the end of the page. 3. Select **Delete account** and complete the confirmation shown in the app. If you have not signed in recently, Brewfather may ask you to sign in again for security. If you cannot access the account, email from the account email. We may ask for information reasonably necessary to verify your identity and prevent unauthorised deletion. ## Cancel a subscription separately Deleting the Brewfather account does **not necessarily cancel** a subscription managed by Paddle, Apple, or Google. To stop a future renewal, cancel through the channel you bought it from: * web purchase: use the Paddle subscription-management link in the order email, or [Paddle buyer support](https://paddle.net/); * older web subscription billed through Stripe: email ; * iOS purchase: manage subscriptions in your Apple account settings; or * Android purchase: manage subscriptions in Google Play. See [Subscription](/account/subscription.md) and the [Refund Policy](/legal/refund-policy.md). ## What deletion does After a verified request, Brewfather disables access to the account and schedules permanent deletion after a **seven-day recovery period**. The app, and the confirmation email sent to a verified account email, show the recovery deadline. Until then, you can cancel the deletion and recover the account by signing in and following the recovery prompt. After the deadline, the purge process removes or de-identifies account data and User Content from active systems, subject to the exceptions below. The account can then no longer be restored through the app. In app versions that do not show a recovery deadline, deletion starts as soon as you confirm it and cannot be undone. Deletion does not remove: * copies you exported or stored elsewhere; * copies held by a device, webhook recipient, API developer, Connected App, AI client, or other third party you chose to send data to, or by Apple, Google, or Paddle as seller. They handle their copies under their own terms and privacy notices, so contact them directly; * public content that another person copied, downloaded, indexed, cached, quoted, or re-shared before deletion. If you exercise a right to have your personal data erased, we will remove your name from copies of your public recipes in other users' accounts as the law requires, as Section 6 of the [Terms of Service](/legal/tos.md) describes; * genuinely de-identified or aggregated data that no longer identifies you; or * limited records Warpkode AS must or may keep for tax, accounting, fraud prevention, security, dispute resolution, legal claims, or compliance with law. We use personal data kept under one of these exceptions only for that purpose, and delete or de-identify it when the reason ends. Account deletion does not currently remove every copy held by service providers that process personal data for us, such as our mailing-list, analytics, and AI providers. Ask us at and we will have those copies deleted, subject to the exceptions above. ## Backups Deleted data may stay in protected backups for **up to five weeks**, until the ordinary backup cycle overwrites or deletes it. We restore backup copies to ordinary production use only for disaster recovery, security, or legal necessity. If we restore a backup, we will reapply the deletion where practicable. ## Privacy requests Depending on the applicable law, you may also ask for access, correction, restriction, objection, portability, or information about processing, as Section 10 of the [Privacy Policy](/legal/privacy-policy.md) describes. Email . The in-app JSON export and account-deletion tools do not limit a statutory request. Where the applicable law requires it, after we correct, delete, or restrict personal data, we will tell each recipient we disclosed it to, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort, and we will tell you who those recipients are if you ask. ## Contact **Warpkode AS** (Norwegian private limited company, *aksjeselskap*)\ Registered in the Register of Business Enterprises (*Foretaksregisteret*)\ Organisation no. 921 463 146 MVA\ Head office: Florø, Norway\ Revision: 20261019 --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation by asking a question. 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