Option 1: delete from inside the app
This is immediate and complete.
- Open Crabitat
- Tap the settings icon, top right
- Under Your data, tap “Delete my account and everything in it”
- Read what will be removed, then confirm
- If you signed in with Google or an email address, you will be asked to sign in again first — this happens before anything is deleted
You may want to export your records first. Settings has an “Export everything” option that produces a file you can keep.
What gets deleted
Everything below is removed from our servers and from your device:
- Every tank, including its dimensions, targets and notes
- Every crab, including species, size, shell notes and status
- Every log entry — readings, feedings, water changes, substrate work and observations
- Every molt and event record
- Saved food mixes and hygrometer calibrations
- Reminders, and the alarms behind them
- Photos you attached (these were only ever on your device — they are never uploaded)
- Any invite codes you created, and anyone else’s access to your tanks
- Your sign-in account itself
What is not deleted, and why
- Entries you added to somebody else’s shared tank. Those are part of that person’s record of who cared for their animals and when. Your access is removed, but their history is not rewritten.
- Your Google Play purchase record. Google keeps that for their own refund and receipt purposes. We remove the entitlement from our systems; we cannot remove Google’s record of the transaction. See Google Play’s own policies for that.
How long it takes
- From inside the app: immediately. Server records are removed as part of the deletion, and everything Crabitat stored on your device is cleared at the same time.
- By email request: within 30 days, and usually much sooner.
- Provider backups: our cloud provider’s routine backups may still contain deleted records for up to 30 days before they are overwritten. They are not accessible through the app and are not used for anything else.
Option 2: request deletion by email
If you no longer have Crabitat installed, or cannot sign in, you can ask us to delete your account without reinstalling anything.
Or email developer@ali3nstudios.com directly.
If you used Crabitat without ever signing in, there is nothing on our servers to delete — uninstalling the app removes everything. You are welcome to write to us to confirm that.
Contact
Ali3N Studios LLC
Email: developer@ali3nstudios.com
See also the Crabitat Privacy Policy and the Crabitat Terms of Service.