What do you want to achieve by deleting your account? I can see basically two op... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		frutiger on Jan 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We value your privacy now, but maybe not later What do you want to achieve by deleting your account? I can see basically two options: 1. prevent you (or anyone else) using your handle to post submissions or comments 2. delete all posted submissions and comments in addition to option 1 above; this is a little futile as HN has been indexed and replicated elsewhere EDIT: the following is incorrect, as pointed out by jacobsheehy. I will note that both are possible without any assistance from HN, though perhaps option 2 could be made easier.

jacobsheehy on Jan 26, 2019 [–]

Deleting content does not seem possible on HN, but you're implying that it is? Once you have posted something and walked away, you cannot delete it from HN.

frutiger on Jan 26, 2019 | | [–]

You’re absolutely right, I had never noticed this before. The delete link disappears after some time.

polskibus on Jan 26, 2019 | | [–]

Surely full delete should be possible under GDPR?

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact