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How do I delete posts and account in HackerNews?

8 points by kunjaan 15y ago

How do I delete my old submissions? How do I delete my account?

sorbus 15y ago
You email PG and ask him politely to delete them (there's no way to do so built into HN - though comments/submissions can be deleted or modified for an hour after being posted). However, I've never heard how well that works. Given that someone asks the question fairly frequently, and I've never seen someone complain about PG refusing to delete their account, I would guess that it works fairly well, though.
- cskau 15y ago
  Interestingly I requested this very account deleted* a long time ago but never get any answer back nor, as should be evident, had my account deleted. I don't know if it actually works, or I just got unlucky and/or did something wrong.
  - kunjaan 15y ago
    What is his email id?
maxharris 15y ago
I just read some of your old comments, and I understand why you want to do this.
- kunjaan 15y ago
  You seem to be pretty jobless.
  - maxharris 15y ago
    Actually, this is true! I'm graduating in a week, and I don't have a job lined up. At any rate, I shouldn't be (indeed I'm not) offended by something that's true. I think this point applies generally, i.e., more broadly than just me.
meadhikari 15y ago
A previous Ask HN:, regarding deleting the account. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2088545 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2088545