> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: /help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Pause or delete your account

> Deactivate for 30 days or permanently delete your Vocab Monster account.

Account → Data includes a Danger Zone for pausing (deactivate) or permanently deleting the account. Both options are on [Account → Data](https://app.vocabmonster.com/account#data).

![Account Data tab showing sync, dictionary refresh, and Danger Zone delete account actions](https://mintcdn.com/stephendunn/YDjDqC9C7cQbPfjo/images/account/data.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=YDjDqC9C7cQbPfjo\&q=85\&s=942c04a7b230f421a464f5eea9f4151c)

Danger Zone on Account > Data

## Deactivate (pause for 30 days)

Use this if you want to step away but might come back.

**1. Choose Deactivate account**

Confirm by typing the requested phrase. You are signed out immediately.

**2. What is kept**

Your words, collections, and progress are kept for **30 days**. Email [help@vocabmonster.com](mailto:help@vocabmonster.com) within those 30 days to restore the account. After 30 days it is deleted permanently.

**3. What happens to a paid plan**

A paid plan is cancelled at the **end of the current billing period**. You are not charged again. If support restores the account within 30 days, you keep the paid days that are left.

## Delete permanently

Use this only if you want the account gone.

**1. Choose Delete account**

Read the confirmation. Deletion removes your account, saved words, collections, and progress and **cannot be undone**.

**2. What happens to billing**

A paid plan is cancelled **immediately**. Unused time is not refunded. Vocab Monster confirms the cancellation with Stripe before deleting account data.

**3. If deletion fails part-way**

You stay signed in. You can safely try again to finish it.

We keep only a record that the account existed, its plan, and its AI usage cost, for billing and reporting.

## Other Danger Zone actions

* **Reset practice stats** — Deletes practice history, streaks, and statistics. Words and collections stay.
* **Delete words and collections** — Permanently deletes saved words, collections, practice history, and stats. Profile, preferences, and billing stay active.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Confirm only if you intend the result. For a billing-only pause, [cancel a subscription](/help/account/cancel-a-subscription.md) instead of deleting the account.


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