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Delete your Finlynq account & data

Last updated: 2026-05-30

This page explains how to delete your Finlynq account (the Finlynq personal-finance app, developer Finlynq) and all of the data tied to it. You can do this yourself at any time, with no request to us needed, or you can ask us to do it for you.

Option 1: delete it yourself (recommended, immediate)

You delete your account from the Finlynq web app. It applies to your whole account, whether or not you also use the Android app.

  1. Open finlynq.com in a browser and sign in with your username (or email) and password.
  2. Go to Settings → Data.
  3. Click Delete account.
  4. Confirm when prompted. The deletion runs immediately and cannot be undone.

Tip: before deleting, you can download a full copy of your data from Settings → Data → Export (a JSON backup).

Option 2: ask us to delete it

If you can't sign in, email privacy@finlynq.com from the email address on your account (or include your username) and ask us to delete your account. We'll verify ownership and finish the deletion within 30 days.

Delete some data without deleting your account

You don't have to delete your whole account to remove data. From Settings → Data (and throughout the app) you can delete individual accounts, transactions, budgets, investments, goals, loans, and uploaded files, or export everything first. These changes take effect right away.

What gets deleted

Deleting your account removes every record scoped to your account, in a single database transaction. This includes:

  • Your account identity: username, email, and password hash.
  • All financial data you entered or imported: accounts, transactions, budgets, investments and holdings, loans, goals, categories, rules, and any uploaded statement files / attached receipts.
  • MCP / API tokens and any connected-app (OAuth) grants you created.

What is briefly retained, and for how long

  • Operational logs (IP address, user agent, URL path, status code) are retained for 30 days for abuse prevention and debugging, then automatically rotated/deleted.
  • Encrypted database backups are retained for 7 days. After 7 days your deleted data is no longer recoverable from backups.

Once these windows pass, no copy of your account data remains.

See also our Privacy Policy for full details on what we collect, how it is encrypted, and your other rights. Questions: privacy@finlynq.com.