Delete your account
Delete your account in the app
- Open the Movie Cave app and sign in.
- Go to Profile.
- In the Account section, tap Delete account.
- Read the warning, then tap Continue.
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Confirm deletion:
- If your account uses a password, enter your current password and tap Delete my account.
- If your account is social-only, tap Confirm with Google or Confirm with Apple and complete the provider sign-in prompt.
After successful deletion, you are signed out and your account data is removed from our primary application database.
What we delete
When you complete account deletion, we delete your user account and associated personal data, including:
- Account credentials and profile fields (email, username, display name, password hash, verification state)
- Linked Google or Apple sign-in records
- Ratings and reviews
- Favorites and watchlists
- Movie and TV episode watch history
- Search history stored with your account
- TV show and movie follow records and related notification preferences
- In-app release notifications tied to your account
- Registered push notification devices for your account
- Password reset and email verification tokens associated with your account
What may remain
- Shared catalog content such as movies, TV shows, episodes, and genres is not deleted because it is not personal data and is shared across users.
- Aggregated product metrics (for example total screen-open counters) are not linked to your account in our metrics store.
- Server logs and infrastructure backups may retain limited technical records (such as request timestamps, correlation identifiers, or authenticated user identifiers in logs) for security, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery for some period determined by hosting and logging practices.
- Temporary AI recommendation session cache in Redis expires automatically and is not explicitly purged at deletion time in the current implementation.
Authentication and device data after deletion
- Your access token becomes invalid after deletion when sessions are validated against the removed account.
- The app removes locally stored push registration state during logout after deletion.
- Push device registrations stored on our servers for your account are deleted with your account.
If you cannot use the in-app deletion flow
The primary way to delete your account is the in-app flow above. Movie Cave does not provide an automated web-based account deletion form.
If you cannot access the app—for example, because you uninstalled it, cannot sign in, or no longer have the device—email support@moviecaveapp.com from the address associated with your Movie Cave account and request account deletion assistance.
If you can reinstall the app, sign in, and complete the steps above, that is usually the fastest option. For password-based accounts, you can also use password reset before signing in again.
Related policies
See our Privacy Policy for broader information about how we handle personal data and your choices.