Delete your Joya account

Last updated: 11 November 2026

In the app

Open Joya and go to Settings.
Tap Delete account and type your username to confirm.

Your friends' apps are told to remove you and delete their copies of your lists, the server account is deleted, and all data is wiped from your phone.

Without the app

Install Joya on any phone, choose I have a recovery phrase, enter your 12 words, then delete the account as above.

If you have lost your recovery phrase too, email max@schlk.in from your usual address with your username. Without your keys we cannot prove the account is yours, so we may ask questions to confirm it; we will then delete the account on the server. Lists stored on your old phone and copies on your friends' phones are outside our reach; ask your friends to remove you.

What is deleted, and when

Immediately: your sessions, encrypted messages and photos waiting on the server, and your username in the directory, so nobody can find you.
Kept: your random account id and public keys, marked as deleted, so the id is never given to someone else. They contain no personal content.
Your username becomes available to other people after 90 days.
Backups containing your account are encrypted and expire within 30 days.