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Google Play Console Help: Understanding app account deletion requirements
Documents in-app and web account deletion paths, associated data deletion expectations, public Data safety disclosure, user access after uninstall, sensitive data scope, retained-data exceptions, and the need to tell users what to expect.
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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delete account | Choose delete account when the user's goal is account-level closure and associated data deletion or erasure request. | The product provides a direct, discoverable account deletion path when users can create an account. | Supports in-app and web deletion paths, associated data deletion, store-listing disclosure, retained-data expectations, and uninstall-friendly web requests. |
| Hidden destructive account deletion | Flag this anti-pattern when users can create an account but cannot find a direct account deletion or erasure request path from account settings, app settings, or the required public web resource. | Users can reach account deletion from account settings or an equivalent account-control route without needing exact support-search terms. | Supports in-app and web deletion paths, associated data deletion, public disclosure, uninstall-friendly web requests, retained-data expectations, and telling users what to expect. |
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Publisher: Google Play Console Help. Last checked: .