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Can I delete my Lemmy account and just vanish? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by admin to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I like sharing my thoughts and struggles here, but I don't want it to be a permanent digital footprint and wish to delete all the posts and comments one day.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 57 points 1 week ago

Yes, but other instances or applications don't have to honour your deletion requests. And internet archives exist to record every change to every website in the universe.

So you should always live under the assumption that everything you publicly say will be available for all eternity.