You can delete your account at any time
No phone call, no retention chat, no "are you sure" maze designed to wear you down. Settings → Account → Delete your account. Type DELETE to confirm, and it's scheduled.
If you're on iPhone, that in-app path is required by Apple guideline 5.1.1(v). If you'd rather delete from the web, the path also lives at ineden.app/data-deletion.
What happens the moment you confirm
Two things happen right away:
- You're hidden from everyone. Your profile disappears from search, the map, Friend Match, and group rosters. To other members — even ones you were talking to — you're gone.
- You're signed out on every device.
Your data isn't erased yet, though. It enters a 30-day grace period first.
The 30-day grace period
You have 30 days to change your mind. We built it this way on purpose — regret is real, and rebuilding a profile and connections from scratch because of one hard week is a worse outcome than a quiet pause.
During those 30 days:
- Your account is invisible to everyone but you.
- Nothing is lost — every connection, group, saved event, and message is still there.
- To come back, just sign back in and tap Restore. You land exactly where you left off.
If you do nothing, the deletion becomes permanent at the end of the 30 days. A daily job runs the real erasure then — there's no further window after that.
What permanent deletion removes
After the 30 days:
- Profile, name, photos, bio, interests, and archetype — erased.
- Every photo you uploaded (profile photo, event photos, resources) is purged from storage.
- Connections, group memberships, RSVPs, saved events, Library bookmarks — erased.
- Your direct messages are removed, on your side and the recipient's side.
- Notification preferences, friend matches, device tokens — erased.
What's kept on purpose
A few things survive deletion for legal or community-safety reasons, with your name unlinked from them:
- Reports you filed against other members stay in the moderation record so investigations can continue — but your identity is removed.
- Admin audit entries (if you were ever an admin) keep their integrity, with your id unlinked.
- Groups you founded are preserved for the community, with your ownership unlinked so an admin can reassign or archive them.
- A referral you made keeps the referred member's signup intact; the link back to you is removed.
- Payment records held by Apple, Stripe, or our processor follow their own legal retention rules.
All of these carve-outs are disclosed in full on the Data Deletion page.
Download your data first
Even with the grace period, if there's anything you want to keep outside In Eden, grab it before you delete. Settings → Privacy & data → Download my data packages everything tied to your account as JSON and emails you a link, usually within an hour (good for 24 hours). It's your right under GDPR Article 20 and CCPA, and it's one tap.
Want a break instead of leaving?
You don't have to delete to step back. In Settings you can:
- Turn off discoverability (Settings → Social permissions and activity) so you stop appearing in search, the map, and Friend Match — while keeping your account, and while women you're already connected with still see you and your conversations continue.
- Pause Friend Match specifically (Settings → Profile visibility) to stop being surfaced as a match without leaving the feature.
- Snooze notifications for 24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days (Settings → Notifications) if it's the pings, not the platform, you need a break from.
Those are the right tools for "I need quiet for a while." Delete — with its 30-day safety net — is the right tool for "I think I'm done."