Otter CuriosityDelete your Otter Curiosity account
Effective 18 October 2026.
This page explains how to delete your account in Otter Curiosity - Topic Talk (the Otter Curiosity app on Google Play and the App Store), which data is deleted when you do, and which is kept and for how long.
1. Delete it in the app
1. Open Otter Curiosity and sign in
2. Tap Account at the bottom
3. Tap My Account
4. Tap Delete Account at the bottom of the page
5. Tap Delete account. Your account is deleted straight away
2. Delete it without the app
Email thejourneyofotters@gmail.com from your account's email address with the subject "Delete my account". We will delete it within 30 days.
3. What is deleted
- Your account and sign-in details
- Your profile, nickname and self-introduction
- Your drafts, posts, polls and poll replies
- Your device's notification token
- Your chat photos
4. What is kept, and for how long
| Data | Why it is kept | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Messages you sent in chats, shown as from an otter who has left | The conversation is the other otter's too | Until they delete the chatroom too, or 90 days after its last message, whichever comes first |
| The copy of your post or poll that a chatroom began from | So the other otter's chatroom stays whole | Until that chatroom is deleted |
| A sealed record: account ID, email, nickname, when you joined and left | So nobody can escape a report by deleting their account; no otter can see it | 12 months after you delete your account |
| Reports and reported content (including photos you sent, if you were reported) | To deal with reports and legal requests | 12 months from the report |
| Purchase records | Tax and accounting law | As long as the law requires |
Backups are cleared on their normal cycle. The full detail is in sections 8 and 9 of our Privacy Policy.
5. Subscriptions
Deleting your account does not cancel a subscription. Cancel it in your App Store or Google Play subscription settings.
