Allow ability to delete your personal PostHog account
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem?
There isn't a way to delete your personal PostHog account in the UI, only your org or project. Instead, you have to email PostHog support, which is very not-self-serve.
Describe the solution you'd like
A button that says 'delete my account'. I'd probably expect to see it on the /me/settings page. I'd assume this would also delete all of my orgs and projects, so I'd like to be warned appropriately.
In the interim, we could add a line telling people to email hi@ to delete their account.
Describe alternatives you've considered
- Emailing PostHog support.
- Leaving the account open forever.
Additional context
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Research direction
Start at the /me/settings page and trace the existing account, organization, and project deletion flows. Confirm the intended deletion scope and warning behavior, then check how the interim support guidance is presented. Done means a user can initiate personal account deletion in the UI with appropriate warnings, or sees the requested support instructions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, react
- Domain
- authentication, full-stack
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100