postkeet / data deletion
v1.2 · 2026
data deletion · your right to be forgotten

Leaving?
We'll actually forget you.

No "contact sales to cancel." No hidden retention. If you delete your Postkeet account, here's exactly what happens, in what order, and how long it takes to complete. Spoiler: all in under 37 days.

how to delete

Four clicks, start to finish.

1

Settings → Account

Log in and open the Account tab. Scroll to the bottom of the page.

// ~ 10 seconds
2

Click "Delete account"

You'll see a plain-English summary of what's about to be removed. No upsells, no "are you sure" loops.

// ~ 15 seconds
3

Confirm via email

We send a one-time code to prove it's you. Type it in. This step exists to stop session hijackers from wiping your account.

// ~ 30 seconds
4

You're out.

Account enters 30-day grace. You can restore anytime during that window. After, full cryptographic erasure.

// ~ instant
what happens next

The 37-day timeline.

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1d
30d
37d
Day 0account disabled
Day 1scheduled posts cancelled
Day 30grace ends
Day 37fully erased
Day 0
Account disabled. You can no longer sign in. Scheduled posts are paused immediately — nothing new publishes. Your content is moved to a restricted archive, inaccessible to our team without a manual unlock.
Day 1
All pending scheduled posts are formally cancelled in our queue. OAuth tokens revoked on each connected platform. Your name disappears from any shared-workspace membership lists.
Day 1 – 30
Grace period. If you change your mind, email privacy@postkeet.studio and we'll restore everything exactly as it was. We exist for this reason — people click things by accident.
Day 30
Cryptographic erasure starts. We run a scheduled job that destroys the encryption keys protecting your data. Even with a copy of the ciphertext, nobody can decrypt it — including us.
Day 30 – 37
Backups catch up. Our rolling 35-day backup window gets rewritten, and within 7 days of Day 30 your data is gone from every backup too. Day 37: fully erased, everywhere.
Day 37+
We keep one record: an anonymized "account was deleted on X" audit log entry, for 7 years, for legal and tax compliance. No name, no email, no content. Just the date.
the exact scope

What's gone vs. what has to stay.

Gone forever

  • Account profile (email, name, avatar)
  • Password hash & 2FA secrets
  • All drafts, scheduled posts, published archives
  • Uploaded images, videos, assets
  • Brand-voice samples & trained model
  • AI chat history
  • Analytics data & reports
  • Workspace settings, custom rules
  • OAuth tokens (also revoked on each platform)
  • Session logs older than 90 days

Kept for legal reasons

  • Invoices & billing records — 7 years (tax requirement, US & EU)
  • Anonymized audit log entry — 7 years (dispute resolution)
  • Security incident records — 5 years, if your account was involved in one
  • Specific court-ordered data holds — only when legally required

These are stripped of PII wherever possible. Your email on an invoice becomes "customer_8421" once the retention clock starts.

not a customer? still want us to delete something?

File a privacy request directly.

If you don't have a Postkeet account but believe we hold data about you — for example, you're mentioned in a post someone else scheduled through Postkeet — you have the right to request deletion. Same 30-day response window as active customers.

Include: a description of the data, any details that let us find it (URLs, email, handle), and enough proof it's you or you represent the person affected.

frequent questions

Things people ask on the way out.

Do my already-published posts get deleted from Instagram / X / LinkedIn?

No — those posts live on the platforms themselves now, not on Postkeet. You'd need to delete them from Instagram / X / LinkedIn directly. We can't delete content we no longer own. If you want help finding them, email us during the grace window and we'll send a list with direct links.

Can I export everything before deleting?

Yes — always. Settings → Account → Export. You get a zip with CSV + JSON of every post, asset, analytics row, and workspace setting. Do this before you click delete if you want a copy.

What if I'm on a team — does deleting my account delete the whole workspace?

Only if you're the sole owner. If the workspace has other owners, they keep it; you just leave. If you're the only owner, we prompt you to transfer ownership first, or we wind down the workspace in the same 30-day timeline.

Can I restore after the 30-day grace?

No. After day 30, cryptographic erasure destroys the keys — we genuinely cannot recover your data. This is by design. If you want a clean break, that's the guarantee.

How do I delete just a specific post, not my whole account?

From the scheduler or archive, select the post → Delete. It goes to a 30-day soft-delete bin, then is cryptographically erased on the same schedule as full accounts. For bulk deletion, Settings → Data → Bulk delete.

Leaving cleanly is a feature.

We'd rather you come back later than feel trapped now. If there's a reason you're leaving we could fix, tell us first — but either way, the door is wide open.

Tell us why you're leaving Or just delete