Delete Your Account
How to permanently delete your Essential Budget account and what happens to your data.
We're sorry to see you go. This page explains how to permanently delete your Essential Budget account and associated data.
⚠️ Important Warning
Account deletion is permanent and cannot be undone. All your data will be permanently removed from our servers.
How to Delete Your Account
Steps to Delete Your Account:
- Cancel your subscription through Google Play Store (if applicable)
- Open the Essential Budget app
- Tap the menu icon (☰) in the top left
- Select "Account" from the menu
- Tap the red "DELETE ACCOUNT" button
- Confirm deletion when prompted
Important: For security reasons, account deletion must be done from within the app while signed in. This ensures that only the account owner can delete their data.
Note about subscriptions: Deleting your account does NOT automatically cancel your Google Play subscription. You must cancel it separately through the Google Play Store app to avoid future charges.
Account Access Required
Note: Account deletion requires you to be signed in with your Google account. Since Essential Budget uses Google Sign-in for authentication, only you have access to your Google credentials. If you've lost access to your Google account, please recover it through Google Account Recovery first.
What Data Will Be Deleted
✅ Data that WILL be deleted:
- Your account profile (name, email, avatar)
- App preferences and settings
- All budgets and budget data
- Subscription information
- Authentication tokens
📋 Data that MAY be retained:
- Anonymized analytics data (cannot be linked to you)
- Crash logs for 90 days (for app stability)
- Aggregated AI usage metrics for 30 days (anonymized, for service improvement)
- Google Play Store retains your subscription purchase history (managed by Google, not us)
- Stripe retains payment records per their retention policy (premium users only)
🔒 Data we NEVER store (nothing to delete):
- Uploaded transaction files (PDF/CSV - deleted after processing)
- Pasted transaction text (never saved to disk)
- Bank account numbers or login credentials
- Social Security Numbers or tax IDs
- Credit card numbers (payments handled by Stripe)
Processing Time
Your deletion request will be processed as follows:
- Immediate: All your data is deleted from Firestore
- After deletion: You can create a new account with the same Google account, but it will be completely fresh with no previous data
Note: While we delete your data immediately from our Firestore database, Google/Firebase may retain certain system logs, analytics, and crash reports according to their data retention policies (typically 30-180 days). These may include technical identifiers like Firebase Installation IDs and IP addresses. For details on Google's data retention, see Firebase Privacy and Security.
Need Help Instead?
If you're experiencing issues with the app, we'd love to help! Contact us at support@eb.app before deleting your account.
Contact Information
Developer: EB App LLC
Email: support@eb.app
App: Essential Budget