How to delete your account

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You can delete your account from within WhatsApp. Deleting your account is an irreversible process, which we can't revert even if you perform it by accident.
To delete your account
  1. Open WhatsApp.
  2. Tap More options
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    > Settings > Account > Delete my account.
  3. Enter your phone number in full international format and tap DELETE MY ACCOUNT.
  4. Select a reason for why you're deleting your account in the dropdown.
  5. Tap DELETE MY ACCOUNT.
Deleting your account will:
  • Delete your account from WhatsApp.
  • Erase your message history.
  • Delete you from all of your WhatsApp groups.
  • Delete your Google Drive backup.
  • Remove you as a channel admin or follower, but not any updates you made, or channel interactions like reactions or poll votes.
If you delete your account:
  • You can't regain access to your account.
  • It may take up to 30 days from the beginning of the deletion process to delete your WhatsApp information. Copies of your information may also remain after the 30 days in the backup storage that we use to recover in the event of a disaster, software error, or other data loss event. Your information isn't available to you on WhatsApp during this time.
  • It doesn't affect your information related to the groups you created or the information other users have relating to you, such as their copy of the messages you sent them.
  • We may retain certain log data in our databases even after you delete your account, but such data will be disassociated from any identifying information such that it can no longer be linked to your account. To do this, on a regular basis, we wipe certain identifying information from this log data, and we replace any instance of your account ID with a replacement identifier which cannot be linked back to your account once it is deleted.
  • We may also keep your information for things like legal issues, terms violations, or harm prevention efforts.
  • Please refer to our Privacy Policy for more information.
  • Your information shared with other Meta Companies will also be deleted.
Deleting your account doesn’t automatically delete channels activity
If you’re the owner of a WhatsApp Channel:
  • If you want to delete your channel and your WhatsApp account, delete your channel first.
  • Your channel and channel updates may not be deleted automatically.
    • If you have other channel admins, channel ownership will transfer to the admin who has followed the channel longest.
    • If you are the only channel admin, your channel will be deleted. Updates are still visible to followers but non-followers won’t be able to find your channel or view updates.
  • If you want to delete updates you shared in a channel, learn how to delete updates.
If you’re a channel admin:
  • Updates you’ve shared in channels aren’t deleted. If you want to delete updates you made in a channel, learn how to delete updates.
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