Download your data, freeze or delete your account

Updated November 15, 2026 · 2 min read

On the Settings page on devchaos.com you can download a copy of your data, freeze your account or delete it for good. Freezing deletes nothing; deleting can't be undone.

Download your data

Settings › Your data › Download my data. One JSON file downloads with your account and profile, the projects and teams you're in, the messages you sent, and the record of your sign-ins and what you did. Your password and what other members wrote to you aren't in it. Drawings, scripts and project files aren't in it either.

Freeze your account

Close your account › Freeze my account: your profile, presence and place in lists go out of sight, nothing is sent to you, and every device is signed out. Sign in again on the site or in the app and everything comes back.

Delete your account

Close your account › Delete my account: type your username, press Permanently delete my account and confirm. In the app, Settings › Account and profile also has Delete account and Freeze account.

What happens to your projects

  • A project with a team goes to someone on it: the longest-serving lead if there is one, otherwise the longest-serving member.
  • Projects with nobody but you are deleted with the account.
  • Messages you sent stay with the people who read them, with Deleted account in place of your name.
  • Your open tasks on the projects that remain go to each project's owner.
  • The tour's sample project is deleted.

Something went wrong?

Download my data gives an error.

The file can be downloaded at most 4 times an hour. Wait a while and try again.

Permanently delete my account is greyed out.

Type your username exactly, without the @ in front.

How do I bring back a frozen account?

Sign in again on the site or in the app; your account comes back on its own.

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