Delete your account

Last updated: 2026-08-09

You can delete your podcasts.so account and everything associated with it at any time. There is no waiting period and no need to contact us.

Delete it from the app

Open podcasts.so on your phone.
Go to Settings, then Account.
Tap Delete account and confirm.

Deletion happens immediately. You will be signed out on that device, and the account will no longer exist on any other device you were signed in on.

If you cannot open the app

Email support@podcasts.so from the address you signed up with and ask us to delete your account. We will confirm by reply once it is done. If you write from a different address we will ask you to verify the original one first, so that nobody else can delete your account on your behalf.

What is deleted

Deleting your account permanently removes:

Your account and the email address attached to it
Every show you follow
Your playback progress and listening history
Your queue and any saved episodes
Your settings and preferences
Any notification tokens for your devices

This is a hard delete, not a deactivation. It cannot be undone, and we cannot restore an account once it has been removed.

What is kept, and for how long

A small amount of data survives account deletion, and only for reasons we are obliged to or that cannot identify you:

Billing records. If you subscribed to Pro, records of the transaction are retained for as long as tax and accounting law requires. These are held by Apple as the seller, and by us in the form of a subscription record with no personal detail attached.
Anonymous usage counts. Aggregate statistics, for example how many people played an episode on a given day, remain in our analytics. These carry no account identifier and cannot be traced back to you or re-linked to you after deletion.
Backups. Deleted data may persist in encrypted database backups for up to 30 days before those backups age out, after which it is gone entirely.

Cancelling a subscription is a separate step. Deleting your account does not cancel a Pro subscription, because the subscription belongs to your Apple account rather than to us. Cancel it in App Store → Subscriptions before deleting your account. Otherwise it will keep renewing.

Deleting only some of your data

If you would rather keep your account, you can unfollow individual shows, clear playback progress for an episode, or turn off notifications, all from within the app. Sign out (reset this device) clears everything stored locally on that device without touching your account.

Questions about any of this: support@podcasts.so. See also our Privacy Policy.