With the big changes happening on Twitter, many of the platform’s loyal fans have moved on to the next big thing in social media: Mastodon. The fast-growing decentralized platform has become a talking point online, as it offers an open-source alternative to Twitter by providing tools to protect your privacy and prevent hate speech and harassment.

As with any new form of social media, it can be daunting at first. But there is no guarantee that you will want to continue using it, as it may not meet your requirements in terms of interaction or you may find it a bit too complicated to use. If you want to delete your Mastodon account, you can delete it at any time by following the instructions below.

Yes. You can delete your account on Mastodon at any time via the web and the Mastodon app on your phone. When you delete your account from a Mastodon instance, all traces of your account are deleted, including your posts, replies, and your profile picture. This is an irreversible process, meaning that the account you are about to delete will not be accessible in the future, even if you use the same email address when you log in again.

Mastodon lets you delete an instance account via both the web client and the mobile app on iOS and Android. While the option isn’t directly available on the latter, you’ll need to open the account settings option to delete the account when using the Mastodon app on your phone.