Ask HN: How to Delete the HN Account?

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Post by _exvi » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 5:20 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: How to Delete the HN Account?

Post by reneberlin » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC

rm -rf ~/.hn

Post by _exvi » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC

reneberlin wrote: post #2

rm -rf ~/.hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18119318

what does this do? "rm -rf ~/.hn"

Post by markx2 » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 5:37 PM UTC

_exvi wrote: post #3

reneberlin wrote: post #2

rm -rf ~/.hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18119318

what does this do? "rm -rf ~/.hn"

Nothing - it's a joke.

Post by mmarian » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 5:42 PM UTC

reneberlin wrote: post #2

rm -rf ~/.hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18119318

If you said ~/. I would've thought you want to poison the LLM fountain