Delete your Vocabary account
Effective date: October 10, 2026
Short version: You can delete your account from inside the app in a few taps. If you cannot reach the app, write to info@vocabary.com. Your account closes immediately; your backed-up data is held for 30 days and then permanently deleted.
An account is optional in Vocabary: the app is fully usable without one. Deleting your account does not stop you from using the app.
1. Delete from inside the app
This is the fastest way, and you start it yourself:
- Open the Vocabary app and make sure you are signed in.
- Go to the Profile tab in the bottom menu.
- Open the Account section.
- Tap Delete account.
- Read the warning and confirm. You may be asked to verify your identity for security.
Your account closes and your session ends as soon as you confirm. The app keeps working without an account.
The data on your device is not deleted. Deleting your account does not touch the lists on your phone; if you want a copy, you can export the data in your account before deleting it. Permanent deletion cannot be undone.
2. If you cannot reach the app: request by email
If you changed phones, uninstalled the app or cannot sign in for any reason, you can send us the request:
| Address | info@vocabary.com |
|---|---|
| Subject | Account deletion |
| Sent from | The email address your account was created with |
Please send the request from your account email address: this is how we verify identity so that nobody can close someone else's account. If you have to write from a different address, say so and we may ask for extra information to verify the account.
We process requests within 30 days at the latest and write back with the outcome. Once deletion starts, the timetable below applies.
3. What is deleted, and when
| What | What happens | When |
|---|---|---|
| Your account | Closed, sessions ended | Immediately on request |
| Signing in again | Not possible — the account is closed as soon as deletion starts | Immediately |
| Account details (email, name, phone, language preference, registration and sign-in dates) | Permanently deleted | After 30 days |
| Backed-up study data (sets, words, review history, streak, badges, synced preferences) | Permanently deleted | After 30 days |
| Technical traces of deleted records (deletion markers, sync records) | Pruned | Within 180 days at the latest |
If there is a record we are legally required to keep, only that record is kept and only for as long as required; it is not used for any other purpose.
4. Data on your device is separate
Because Vocabary works without an account, your lists and study history always live on your device as well. The two places are independent:
- Deleting your account does not delete the lists on your device. The app keeps working with the same data, without an account.
- Deleting the app from your device does not close your account. The backup on the server stays; to close the account, use one of the two ways above.
If you also want to remove the data on your device: on Android go to Settings → Apps → Vocabary → Storage → Clear data; on iPhone, delete the app. If your phone's own backup is enabled (Google Backup or iCloud), your data may come back from that backup; the details are in the Privacy Policy.
5. Questions and contact
For anything about your deletion request, the deleted data or privacy in general, write to us: info@vocabary.com
How your data is processed is explained in the Privacy Policy, and the rules for accounts are in the Terms of Use.