Delete your account

For participants in the Agora News Study app

From inside the app

Open the app, go to Settings, then Account, and choose Delete account. Confirm once. This is the fastest route and needs nothing from us.

If you no longer have the app

Email privacy@agoranewsstudy.org from any address, with your Prolific ID or the pseudonym you used in the app.

Withdrawal and deletion

You can stop at any time without giving a reason. Payment for parts you have already completed is not affected.

You can delete your account from inside the app. Your login is disabled immediately and cannot be restored, and any outstanding payment is made to your Prolific account.

Your survey answers, posts, and app activity remain in the dataset under your pseudonym, because the results could not be verified without them. Posts stay visible to your group under that pseudonym until the group ends.

The link between study records and Prolific IDs is held separately from the research data, is accessible only to the research team, and is destroyed within one year of the study's conclusion, at which point all data are fully anonymized. This applies to everyone, whether or not they delete their account.

The privacy policy describes everything the study collects and your rights under the GDPR.