Learn how to close your Pinboard account. Pinboard is a bookmarking service that allows users to save and organize links to web pages.
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Follow the steps in the guide above. Start by send an email to support@pinboard, then complete each remaining step to finish deleting your account.
Your Pinboard account and its data are removed. Specifically: All bookmarks and account data will be permanently deleted..
Pinboard allows a recovery window of unspecified — if you change your mind within this period you may be able to restore your account. After that the deletion becomes permanent.
Pinboard does not publish a retention period for closed accounts. If the timeline matters to you, ask Pinboard support for written confirmation of when your data is removed, and what is retained for legal or accounting reasons.
Deleting your account means: All bookmarks and account data will be permanently deleted.. Export or download anything you want to keep before you begin — it is normally not recoverable afterwards.
Pinboard is recorded as GDPR compliant and recorded as CCPA compliant. If you are in the EU or California you can also file a formal erasure request under GDPR Article 17 or the CCPA — that route creates a record you can follow up on, separately from the in-product delete flow.
Common alternatives include Pocket, Raindrop.io, Instapaper. If you are switching because of how Pinboard handles your data, check the replacement's retention and deletion policy before you migrate.
Pinboard is headquartered in San Francisco Bay Area, USA, which is the jurisdiction whose data-protection rules govern your account.
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