Delete your hookie account
Last updated: 26 October 2026
You can delete your hookie account and its data at any time.
In the app (fastest)
- Open hookie and tap your profile picture (top right).
- Go to Settings & privacy.
- Tap Delete my account and type DELETE to confirm.
Without the app
Send an email to myhookie.app@gmail.com from the email address you use for hookie, with the subject “Delete my hookie account”. We will delete it within 30 days and confirm by email.
What is deleted
- Your account and sign-in.
- Your profile, posts, comments, likes and public projects.
- Messages you sent, and your chats.
- Your saved designs, projects, yarn stash, hooks, settings and "My people" list.
- Your membership in "Crochet together" groups (and groups you created).
What may be kept
- Messages the other person sent you are kept with their account until they delete it.
- Reports about content, and problem reports, for up to 12 months, to keep the community safe and fix bugs.
- Anonymous yarn data, which isn’t linked to you.
- Information we must keep by law.