# Your data

## Export your data

**Profile → My information → Export** produces an archive of the data held
about you, in machine-readable form, with a document naming who it has been
shared with.

Building it takes a few minutes; the app tells you when it is ready. The
download link is valid for a limited time and then the archive is deleted —
that is deliberate, because the file contains everything about you in one
place.

## Release a device

Releasing unbinds a vploq from your account so somebody else can activate it.
Do this before selling or giving one away.

The device keeps working for nobody until it is set up again — it is not
usable by the next person until they activate it under their own account.

## Delete your account

**Profile → My information → Delete account.**

What happens:

- Your account is scheduled for deletion and you are signed out everywhere
- Devices you own are released, so they can be set up again by their next owner
- After a grace period the data is removed for good

Two things worth knowing before you press it:

**You cannot delete an account that owns a team.** Transfer the team to another
member first, or delete the team. See [teams](/teams/managing-teams).

**Signing in again during the grace period cancels the deletion.** After it, it
cannot be undone.

## What is kept, and for how long

The privacy policy is the authoritative answer, with a table of every category
and its retention period. It will be published at `/privacy` — see
[legal](/legal/overview) for the current status.