Delete Your Hobbal Account

Last Updated: August 9, 2026

Delete your account from within the app

Account deletion is instant and self-service — no need to contact support:

1. Open the Hobbal app and sign in
2. Go to Profile (tap your avatar, top right of Home)
3. Scroll to Manage your data and tap to expand it
4. Tap Delete my account
5. Confirm the deletion when prompted

Your account is deleted immediately when you confirm — there is no waiting period for this step.

No app access? Request deletion by email

If you can't open the app (lost access, uninstalled, etc.), email hello@hobbal.com from the address on your account and we'll process the deletion for you. Emailing from your account's own address is how we confirm the request is really yours.

We'll acknowledge your request within 7 days and complete the deletion within 30 days of receiving it.

What gets deleted, and what stays

• Your account (login, profile, name, avatar) is deleted immediately.
• Your personal data — habit logs, avatar photo — is deleted with your account.
• Shared household content you created (tasks, grocery items, Moments photos/captions, habits) is not deleted if other household members remain — it's reassigned to a remaining member so your household's shared history stays intact for them. This mirrors how a shared home works: content added to a shared list doesn't disappear just because one person leaves.
• If you are the only member of your household, the household and all of its shared data (meals, tasks, groceries, moments, habits) are deleted along with your account.
• If you are the household owner and other members remain, ownership automatically transfers to another member — the household is not deleted.
• Backups may retain deleted data for up to 30 days for disaster-recovery purposes, after which it is permanently purged.

Deleting the household instead of your account

If you're the household owner and want to delete the shared home (meals, tasks, groceries, moments, habits) without deleting anyone's individual account, use Manage your data → Delete household in Profile. You can choose to delete immediately or schedule deletion 30 days out (cancelable any time before then). Deleting a household never deletes another member's account — everyone keeps their login and can join or create a new home.

Being removed from a household

A household owner can remove another member from their home. This does not delete that person's account — they keep their login, and can create a new household or join another one. Shared content they added stays with the household, the same way it does when someone leaves voluntarily. To delete your account itself, use the steps above.

See our Privacy Policy for the full data retention and deletion policy.