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August 31, 2021

Updated on 24/06/25 by Abby_OVO

 

Hi,

 

You don’t need to be an OVO member to use the OVO Forum and you’re welcome to keep your forum account for future use. But if you wish, you can have it deleted.

 

Please contact forum@ovoenergy.com from your registered forum email address and ask for your forum account to be erased. It will be handled from there as soon as possible.

 

I’m afraid your posts probably won’t be deleted as it would be detrimental to the community if that happened. The Forum Team might decide to make an exception, but it’s not the norm for posts to be deleted when a forum account is deleted from any forum. As per the details from inSided, your personal info can be wiped easily though which is compliant with GDPR.

 

Account deletion is permanent!

 

Once the team initiates the ‘Erase User’ action against your account, he will NOT be able to stop the process. Your account will be disabled and locked out immediately, while the system will begin to remove your account information in the background. This may take up to 30 days to fully complete - but up to 180 days to purge the final traces from the system. Your posts will remain up, but they’ll be attributed to the Anonymous user. You’ll be welcome to sign up again under a new username, but you’ll never be able to claim your existing content in the future.

 

If you’re absolutely sure that this is what you’d like to do, then the Forum Team will be happy to sort that out. I recommend thinking about it for a day or two first though, just to make sure you’re absolutely certain before sending a request.

 

Thanks for being with us. We hope to see you again someday.

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31 replies

December 18, 2017

Updated on 20/07/21 by Jess_OVO

 

Sorry to hear you’re flying the nest but not to worry, we can delete your account which will anonymize all your previous posts and likes. 

If you’re sure you want to go, comment below or send a PM to @Jess_OVO or @Tim_OVO  and we’ll remove your account.

 

Au revoir. :raising_hand:

 

February 20, 2019
I too want to be removed from this forum
Tim_OVO
OVO Staff
OVO Forum Legend
February 25, 2019
I too want to be removed from this forum

Done, you won't get a notification about this, but this is a demonstration to anyone else - the user account is now 'Anonymous' 👋
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March 6, 2019
I want to have all of my posts erased from this forum and I want to leave?
Darran_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
March 6, 2019
I want to have all of my posts erased from this forum and I want to leave?

Erased, as per Tim's post, this will now show as anonymous.

Darran
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Newcomer
November 2, 2019

How do I remove myself from this Forum account?

PeterR1947
Newcomer
Newcomer
November 4, 2019

Maybe @Tim_OVO  can help with this

PeterR
Darran_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
November 4, 2019

Hey @Crabbit I saw you only just signed up.  I’d need to delete your account for you if you don’t wish to part of the community?  

 

If you don’t want to be a member and simply read the comments and news updates etc, you can do so without an account.  

 

Let me know. 

 

Darran 

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December 3, 2019

I no longer want to be involved

January 2, 2020

I'd like to be removed from the forum too if anyone's still reading this please!