> Documentation index: https://docs.kiste.run/llms.txt, a list of every page in this documentation.

# Delete your account

> Delete your account and everything in it from the console or the CLI, what happens step by step, and what is kept by law.

Deleting your account removes everything in it: every Kiste with its disk,
every snapshot and checkpoint, published ports, API keys, webhooks,
environments, images, device keys, sign-ins and your account data. It can't be
undone.

> **Warning:** Copy what you need first
>
> Download your files from your Kisten and, if you like, [export your
> data](https://docs.kiste.run/account/data-export.md) before you delete the account.

## How

In the [console](https://console.kiste.run/app/account), open **Account**,
choose **Delete account**, type your e-mail address and your password, and
confirm.

With CLI 0.1.1 or later:

```bash
kiste account delete
kiste account delete --confirm you@example.com --password-stdin < password.txt
```

The CLI asks for your e-mail address as confirmation and for your password
unless you pass them. The API offers the same as
[`DELETE /v1/me`](https://docs.kiste.run/api/account.md#delete-your-account).

Deletion needs your own sign-in (the console or a CLI sign-in) and your
password; an [API key](https://docs.kiste.run/account/api-keys.md) can't delete an account
([A30](https://docs.kiste.run/errors/a.md#a30)).

## What happens

1. **At once:** you are signed out everywhere, every CLI sign-in, API key and
   device key stops working, and open desktops and terminals close. The
   account can't sign in again.
2. **Then:** the subscription is cancelled with Stripe, and your Kisten, their
   disks and local snapshots are deleted and published ports and links stop
   answering. The automatic clean-up of Kisten is being rolled out; until it
   is live, this step follows after the sign-out step instead of within
   minutes.
3. **Off-site copies** of your checkpoints become unreadable as soon as the
   compute side has deleted your account's encryption key. The encrypted
   objects themselves are removed after the storage's retention period.

## What is kept

Records of payments are kept for the period tax law requires, without your
e-mail address. A minimal record that a deletion took place (its ID and
times, nothing about you) is kept for three years.

## Related topics

- [Overview](https://docs.kiste.run/account.md)
- [Sign-in and sessions](https://docs.kiste.run/account/sessions.md)
- [API keys](https://docs.kiste.run/account/api-keys.md)
- [Webhooks and alerts](https://docs.kiste.run/account/webhooks-alerts.md)
- [Plans and billing](https://docs.kiste.run/account/billing.md)
- [Export your data](https://docs.kiste.run/account/data-export.md)
- Previous: [Export your data](https://docs.kiste.run/account/data-export.md)
- Next: [Overview](https://docs.kiste.run/cli.md)