Delete Your Account

Last updated: September 30, 2026

This page explains how to delete your hugshot account and its data. hugshot is published by Frédéric Dinand.

1. From the app

1. Open hugshot and go to your profile.
2. Open Settings.
3. Tap “Delete my account”.
4. Type your username to confirm.

Your account is deleted right away.

2. Without the app

If you no longer have the app, write to contact@hugshot.app from the email address of your Apple or Google account, and give your hugshot username. We may ask you to confirm the request, then delete the account within 30 days.

3. What is deleted

• Your account, profile, username, name, date of birth and profile photos.
• Your photo in every hugshot you are in.
• Your comments, likes, Moments, notes, referrals, notification settings and tokens, and your location history.

4. What is kept

• The hugshots you took with your pals, for them: their own photo, a blurred placeholder in place of yours, the date and the place. You appear as “User not found”.
• The messages you sent, in your pals' conversations, also under “User not found”.
• Copies in our providers' backups, which disappear as those backups expire.
• Analytics and diagnostic data, which are kept for at most 12 months after collection and then deleted.
• Data we must keep to comply with the law, for instance after a report to the authorities.

For more details, see the Privacy Policy.