Modules & featuresUpdated 13 Aug 20263 min

Closing your Finocket account

Close your account yourself from Settings → Account & privacy. Nothing is erased for 30 days, a grace window you can cancel in. Export your CSV first, because after that there is no copy to ask for.

You can close your Finocket account yourself, from inside the app, without asking anyone. Nothing happens straight away: the request sits for 30 days first, so a decision made in a bad week can be undone in a good one. After that your account and its data are erased and cannot be brought back.

How do I close my account?

  1. Go to Settings → Account & privacy.
  2. Tap Delete my account and confirm.
  3. The screen then shows the date it is scheduled for, 30 days out. Until that date the same screen offers Cancel deletion, and your account carries on working normally in the meantime.

There is also a public Delete your account page you can read without signing in, and if you have lost access to your login entirely you can email us from the address on the account and ask us to do it.

Take your data with you first

The same screen has Download my data, which exports everything you have entered as CSV. Do that before the 30 days are up. Once the erasure runs there is no copy to ask for.

What gets erased

  • Your profile, login and authentication details.
  • Your books: invoices, expenses, payments, clients, ledgers and the reports built from them.
  • CRM contacts, deals, forms and campaign data you created.
  • Uploaded files, including receipt scans and documents in your vault.
  • Notification tokens and device registrations.

What we keep, and why

A limited set of records stays only where the law requires it, chiefly transaction and tax records covered by statutory accounting and GST retention periods, plus minimal logs that exist to prevent fraud and abuse. They are kept for the legally required period, and are not used to re-identify you for anything else. The Privacy Policy sets out the detail.

What happens if the erasure cannot finish

It is recorded as done only once your data has actually gone. If anything interrupts it, the request stays in the queue and is attempted again rather than being closed off. Earlier, the request was marked complete before the erasure was attempted, so one that failed was recorded as finished and never retried. A deletion you ask for now either happens or stays pending.

If you share books with other people

Closing your account erases your workspace. If a teammate or your CA has been working in a business you own, that business goes with it, so tell them first. If instead you are the teammate working inside somebody else’s books, closing your account removes you and your own data, and leaves their books alone. Anything you approved on their behalf stays approved; it simply stops naming you.

Frequently asked questions

How long does it take, and can I change my mind?

Thirty days. The request is scheduled that far out and your account keeps working normally in the meantime, and the same screen offers Cancel deletion until the date arrives. After it runs, the data is gone and cannot be recovered.

Can I get my data out first?

Yes, and you should. Settings → Account & privacy has Download my data, which exports everything you have entered as CSV. Do it before the 30 days elapse; once the erasure runs there is no copy left to ask for.

What if I cannot sign in any more?

Email us from the address on the account and ask us to delete it. We verify who you are and process it. The public Delete your account page explains this and is readable without signing in.

Is anything kept after deletion?

Only what the law requires, chiefly transaction and tax records covered by statutory accounting and GST retention periods, and minimal anti-fraud logs. They are held for the required period and are not used to re-identify you for anything else.

What happens to books I share with my CA or a teammate?

Closing your account erases the businesses you own, so anyone working in them loses that access. Tell them first. If you are the teammate rather than the owner, closing your account removes you and your own data and leaves their books untouched; anything you approved stays approved, it just stops naming you.

How do I know it actually happened?

The request is marked complete only once your data has really gone, and it is checked afterwards rather than assumed. If anything interrupts the erasure the request stays queued and is tried again, instead of being closed off as done.

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