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Go to substack.com/settings, scroll down to Delete account in the Danger Zone and confirm. Substack says self-deletion removes your data and cancels your subscriptions, and the account can't be restored. Publication owners have a separate process.
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Serus is a privacy company with paid tools to find and remove your personal data. This guide shows the free way to do it yourself.
Step by step
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Open your account settings
Sign in and go to substack.com/settings.
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Scroll to the Danger Zone
Scroll down to the Danger Zone section.
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Select Delete account
Select Delete account and follow the prompts to confirm.
Watch out for
- Deletion is permanent. Substack can't restore the account afterwards.
- Self-deletion removes your data and cancels your subscriptions.
- Deleting the Substack app doesn't close your account. You have to delete the account itself.
- Publication owners with paid subscribers have to turn off paid subscriptions and disconnect Stripe first, and no refunds are issued automatically.
Sources checked: support.substack.com, substack.com
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Other ways to do it
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If you run a publication
Publication owners use a different route through the publication's settings. If you have paid subscribers, Substack says you first turn off paid subscriptions and disconnect your Stripe account, then delete the publication. Self-deletion doesn't automatically issue refunds. For help disconnecting Stripe, use the support widget on Substack's help center to reach a human specialist.
What stays out there
Deleting your Substack account stops new data collection there. It doesn't remove old posts cached by search engines, copies that other sites scraped, or your name and email on lists held by data brokers.
If you wrote under your real name, search for it afterwards to see what remains. Serus finds where your details are listed and removes them, and keeps watching for new listings.
Frequently asked
Does deleting the Substack app delete my account?
No. Substack has a separate help article on what happens if you delete the app, and the account stays open.
Do I need to cancel paid subscriptions first?
Substack says self-deletion cancels your subscriptions. If you have a paid subscription you want to end on its own, use its cancel paid subscription article.
How do I delete a Substack publication?
Substack has a separate article for this. Turn off paid subscriptions and disconnect Stripe first if you have paid subscribers.
Can I get a deleted Substack account back?
No. Substack says deletion is permanent and the account can't be restored.
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