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Deleting Your Account

You can permanently delete your Agathos Books account at any time. Here’s what happens and how to do it.

Before You Delete

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What Gets Deleted

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When you delete your account:

  • Your profile and personal information
  • Your books
  • Your lending history
  • Your library memberships
  • Your reading activity
  • Your recommendations and tags

The copy Agathos Books keeps on the device you delete from—the offline cache that makes the app load instantly—is cleared at the same time, so your books and libraries aren’t left behind for the next person who signs in there.

What Happens to Shared Content

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  • Books you’ve shared are removed from all libraries
  • Libraries you own will need to be deleted or transferred first
  • Active loans must be completed before deletion

What’s Preserved

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  • Other people’s records of borrowing your books remain in their history
  • Library activity logs may retain anonymized records of transactions

Requirements Before Deleting

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You cannot delete your account if you have:

  1. Active loans — Return any books you’ve borrowed
  2. Books currently lent out — Wait for borrowers to return your books
  3. Libraries you own — Delete your libraries first (see below)

If you supervise any minor accounts, you can still delete your account. Supervision ends automatically and each supervised minor is notified in the app. They keep their account and regain control of profile visibility settings.

Deleting Libraries First

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If you own any libraries, you must delete them before deleting your account:

  1. Open each library you own via Manage Library
  2. Go to Settings → Advanced → Delete library
  3. Confirm deletion (cancel any auto-renewing paid plan in Plan & billing first if prompted)

See Deleting your library for full steps and requirements.

Libraries are soft-deleted with a 90-day recovery window. You can proceed with account deletion even while libraries are in this recovery period.

How to Delete Your Account

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  1. Go to Settings
  2. Under Account, tap Delete account
  3. The Delete account page checks your account. If something has to happen first (a library you own, a loan still going), each one is listed with a link to fix it; tap Check again at the bottom of the page once it’s done
  4. Read what will be deleted
  5. Type “DELETE” to confirm
  6. Tap Delete my account at the bottom of the page

Changed your mind? Keep my account takes you back to Settings without deleting anything.

After Deletion

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  • You’ll be signed out immediately
  • You won’t be able to sign back in
  • Your email/phone can be used to create a new account (starting fresh)
  • Library members won’t see your profile anymore

Recovery

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Account deletion is permanent. There is no recovery period or undo option once confirmed.

If you’re unsure, consider:

  • Taking a break — Just stop using the app; your data stays intact
  • Leaving libraries — Leave libraries but keep your books

Need Help Instead?

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If you’re deleting because of a problem with the app, we’d love to help. Contact support before deleting—we may be able to fix the issue.

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Still Need Help?

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If you’re having trouble deleting your account, contact support.