Deleting your account

Deleting your account is a permanent action. All your notes, files, databases, and encryption keys will be irreversibly purged from our systems.

What Happens When You Delete?

Understand the implications of account closure before proceeding.

  • Immediate Purge: Your account is immediately deactivated and removed from all shared workspaces.
  • Data Erasure: All encrypted content is flagged for permanent deletion. Once the purge is complete, it CANNOT be recovered.
  • Subscription Termination: Any active paid plans are instantly cancelled without refund.

Data Withdrawal Rights

We provide account deletion as part of our commitment to GDPR and CCPA privacy standards.

  • The Right to be Forgotten: We ensure all your personal identifiers and activity logs are scrubbed from our production databases.
  • Backup Lifecycle: Your data will be completely removed from our offline backup systems within 30 days of deletion.

Step-by-Step: Permanent Deletion

Follow this path only if you are certain you want to leave Arka permanently:

  • Navigate to Settings -> Danger Zone.
  • Export Backup: (Recommended) Perform a full Data Export before proceeding.
  • Initiate: Click the 'Delete My Account Permanently' button.
  • Confirm Identity: Enter your account password and the phrase 'DELETE MY ACCOUNT' to confirm intent.
  • Confirm: Click the final red button to execute the deletion. You will be logged out and your data will be purged.