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Open the companion tool →Why deleting an app is not deleting an account
Uninstalling removes the interface, not the data. Vendors keep account, usage, and conversation records, and children's data rules may give you additional rights.
The plan keeps the process calm and factual, which matters when a teenager already feels the removal as a loss.
The protocol
- Collect what you can see: the account email, purchases, and how long it was used.
- Read the vendor's deletion and children's-privacy wording, and note the exact process it names.
- Send the deletion request from the account email and ask for written confirmation.
- Request a copy of what they hold, since some privacy laws give you that right.
- Record the request date and follow up if no confirmation arrives within the stated period.
What the tool does
Build a companion-app deletion plan It runs locally in this browser and sends nothing.
Limit first: This is a planning aid for a caregiver, not clinical, legal or safety advice. A tool cannot replace a trusted adult, a counsellor or emergency services.
Open the companion tool →Cost and free path
Cost: Free: one complete run in this browser, no account. Optional $4 one-time unlock allows unlimited runs of this tool on this browser. The free path and safety guidance never require payment.
Free path, in order (no cost):
- FTC privacy complaint route for children's data
- Your state attorney general's consumer or privacy division
- LawHelp.org if a state children's-privacy law gives you additional rights
What this cannot do: It cannot decide the outcome for you.
Sources checked 2026-10-03 · source bank reviewed against the live pages listed in metadata.
One human next step
If the vendor does not respond, complain to the FTC and your state attorney general, and mention the child's age so children's-privacy rules are considered.
Research log and safety checks
AI-assist path: not used for a verdict. This builder organises the reader's own documents and names an independent source; it does not infer authenticity, eligibility, or legal rights. §6.9/§6.10/§6.11 disclosed in the batch report; §6.12 status line carried in metadata as `status_line`.
§0.5 protection result: category is family-teen-safety; crisis-adjacent: no; fear/urgency/scarcity toolkit used: no. The protective function is free and the paid feature is convenience only.