# Can a user delete a Recipe Realm account?

**URL:** <https://tosdr.community/t/can-a-user-delete-a-recipe-realm-account/2971>\
**Category:** Point Debates\
**Tags:** advice, reviewing\
**Created:** [July 27, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/can-a-user-delete-a-recipe-realm-account/2971 "2023-07-27T17:58:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Agnes\_de\_Lion](https://tosdr.community/user_avatar/tosdr.community/agnes_de_lion/32/263_2.png) [@Agnes\_de\_Lion](https://tosdr.community/u/Agnes_de_Lion)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/can-a-user-delete-a-recipe-realm-account/2971/1 "2023-07-27T17:58:35Z")

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Recipe Realm doesn’t offer a way to directly delete a user account:

`If you do not want to use the service anymore, discontinue usage of your account.` - [Terms of Service](https://recipe-realm.com/terms)

However, if you stop using your account for more than six months, it is deleted:  
`We remove accounts with no logins in the past 6 months.`

Should we consider users can delete their accounts this way or that account deletion is impossible?

Should [this point](https://edit.tosdr.org/points/34285) be approved?

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**Author:** ![madoleary](https://tosdr.community/user_avatar/tosdr.community/madoleary/32/1724_2.png) [@madoleary](https://tosdr.community/u/madoleary)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/can-a-user-delete-a-recipe-realm-account/2971/2 "2023-08-02T07:59:45Z")

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This is an interesting case. I would think that users can’t delete their accounts, since it’s the service that does the actual deleting. Since the user will be deleted if inactive, I also wouldn’t consider deletion “impossible”. Does that make sense? Maybe there should be a case for deletion of inactive accounts, which I consider to be a positive thing. What do you think?

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**Author:** ![LuisAFK](https://tosdr.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/b3f665/32.png) [@LuisAFK](https://tosdr.community/u/LuisAFK)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/can-a-user-delete-a-recipe-realm-account/2971/3 "2023-08-02T09:01:02Z")

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So then the service would have both a good point (inactive account deletion) and a bad point (user can’t request account deletion)?

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**Author:** ![madoleary](https://tosdr.community/user_avatar/tosdr.community/madoleary/32/1724_2.png) [@madoleary](https://tosdr.community/u/madoleary)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/can-a-user-delete-a-recipe-realm-account/2971/4 "2023-08-02T09:31:19Z")

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I think that sounds right

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**Author:** ![Agnes\_de\_Lion](https://tosdr.community/user_avatar/tosdr.community/agnes_de_lion/32/263_2.png) [@Agnes\_de\_Lion](https://tosdr.community/u/Agnes_de_Lion)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/can-a-user-delete-a-recipe-realm-account/2971/7 "2023-08-27T10:23:55Z")

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> [@madoleary](#):
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> Maybe there should be a case for deletion of inactive accounts

It already exists ([Terms of Service; Didn't Read - Phoenix](https://edit.tosdr.org/cases/499)), it is neutral though as discussed here:  
[Case Proposal: The service would suspend your account after your inactivity for a certain or uncertain time](https://tosdr.community/t/case-proposal-the-service-would-suspend-your-account-after-your-inactivity-for-a-certain-or-uncertain-time/2185)