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Re: OpenAI – How to delete your account

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Post by ray_v » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 1:51 PM UTC

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #376

ray_v wrote: post #340

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I suspect that the export feature is going to be "broken" for a good long while; I've been waiting for mine since 8 am ... a little over 5 hours now.

It took exactly 24 hours, to the minute, from the time I received the "we're generating an export" file until I got the download link, so guessing they're either batching it or deliberately sending after 24 hours because it adds friction to the account deletion process.

it's funny, because that was basically my experience as well lol.

... and now the login/logout endpoints are broken for Claude this morning, because of course they are!

https://status.claude.com/incidents/0ghc53zpsfmt

Re: OpenAI – How to delete your account

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Post by duskdozer » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 3:47 AM UTC

abbadadda wrote: post #246

qup wrote: post #212

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If he breaks it for a day or two half the deletions won't happen. That said, I doubt there's very many.

The lament I think is more that this is a kind of "dark pattern" that's not really regulated. IMO it should be as easy to delete an account as it is to sign up. To my mind, this is very similar to subscribing/unsubscribing which IIRC is regulated now. The overall point I'm making is that it is "gross" when companies do stuff like this and yet there's zero accountability. Or when it comes to reliability of account del…

They tried!

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/10/...

https://www.consumerfinancemonitor.com/2025/07/23/eighth-cir...

Re: OpenAI – How to delete your account

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Post by mnbpdx » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 4:59 PM UTC

stingraycharles wrote: post #5

Why, though? What, really, does anyone envision the next decade with government + AI is going to be like? Obviously mass surveillance is already happening. Obviously the line between “human kills other human” is blurring for a long time already, eg remote operated drones. Missiles are already remotely controlled and navigating and detecting and following moving targets autonomously. What’s the goal of people who thin…

Turning it back around, what's the goal of this message? At least talking about it and signing petitions keeps the cultural idea alive.

If you'd prefer people spend their energy elsewhere, say where. If you just want to justify your own inaction by saying others' actions are useless, you aren't solving anything.