How to delete your fomo account without losing funds

You delete a fomo account inside the app: Settings, then Legal and Privacy, then Delete Account, then confirm. fomo says it is permanent and cannot be undone, and any money still in your fomo wallets stops being reachable through fomo. So the real job is the step before: withdraw your balance or export your private key first. Here is the full sequence, and how deleting differs from signing out or removing the app.

How do you delete a fomo account?

fomo's help center documents one route, and it lives in the mobile app:

1. Open the fomo app and go to your profile.
2. Tap the gear icon to open Settings.
3. Open Legal and Privacy.
4. Tap Delete Account.
5. Follow the on-screen prompts to confirm.

That is the whole process. There is no form to email and no waiting list described. Because the delete button is only a few taps away, the risk is doing it too early, while tokens or cash are still sitting in the account. If you turned the optional biometric check on, the app opens with Face ID on supported phones, so you need to be able to sign in normally to reach Settings; if you cannot, start with our guide to fomo login problems rather than contacting anyone who offers to "close" the account for you.

What happens to your money when you delete fomo?

This is the part people get wrong. fomo's wallet is non-custodial, created through the wallet provider Privy, so your tokens are recorded on the blockchain at your own wallet address, not in a fomo bank account. Deleting the account does not destroy them. What it removes is your way in.

fomo's help center puts it plainly: any funds remaining in your fomo wallets at the time of deletion become inaccessible through fomo, and if you delete your account without exporting your private keys first, you lose access to those funds. The tokens are still there, but without the key nobody can move them, including you. Every account has two wallets, one Solana address and one EVM address shared by Base, BNB Chain, Monad, Ethereum and Robinhood Chain, so check both before you go. How those keys are protected while the account exists is covered on our fomo safety page.

What should you do before deleting your fomo account?

Work through this list in order. Each step is based on what fomo's own help center documents:

1. Sell what you can. The minimum sell in the app is 2 USDC on most networks and 5 USDC on Ethereum, and fomo notes that when network fees are high, a sell a little above that can still be too small to route.
2. Find the hidden leftovers. The app hides holdings worth under $2, and anything it cannot price, by default. Use Show hidden in the mobile app or Show dust on the web app to see them.
3. Withdraw your cash balance. You can send USDC to an outside wallet on Solana, Base, BNB Chain, Monad or Ethereum (Robinhood Chain uses USDG), or withdraw to a US bank account. Bank withdrawals need identity verification the first time and usually take 1 to 3 business days, so do not delete while one is still pending.
4. Export your private key if anything is left. For balances too small to sell, fomo points to exporting your key at fomo.family/export-key and importing it into a non-custodial wallet you trust. If biometrics are switched on under Settings, then Security, export asks for Face ID first, and fomo's terms say the key reaches you unencrypted, so do it on a device you trust and never paste it into a website or chat.
5. Save your trade history. Deletion removes all associated data. fomo's History screen (the clock icon on your profile) lists trades, transfers and cash movements, and fomo does not document a CSV export, so take what you need for your fomo tax records before you lose access.

Sending USDC on the wrong network can mean permanent loss, so match the network in the app to the one the receiving wallet expects and send a small test first. The withdrawal options and the private key export are explained in more depth in our fomo wallet guide.

Is deleting the fomo app the same as deleting your account?

No. Three actions look similar but do very different things:

If you only want a break, uninstalling or signing out is enough. If you are worried someone else has access, fomo says there is no "sign out from all devices" button; the documented fix is changing the password on the Apple ID or Google Account you signed up with. Deleting the account will not help if the real problem is a compromised email, and anyone asking for your key to "secure" the account is running one of the tricks in our guide to fomo scams.

Can you ask fomo to delete your personal data?

Yes, separately from the in-app button. fomo's privacy policy says you can ask for the deletion of your personal information and that fomo will respect the request, subject to certain exceptions provided by law. It describes extra rights for California and Virginia residents and lists support@fomo.family as the contact. It does not give a timeline or a fixed retention period.

Two limits are worth knowing. First, blockchain records are public and permanent; deleting your fomo account does not erase trades already recorded on chain. Second, if you joined through a referral, fomo's referral article says a recorded referrer cannot be removed, only changed by support, so contact support from inside the app (Profile, Settings, Help and Support) if that is your reason for leaving rather than deleting outright. Our page on fixing a fomo referral covers that route.

What does fomo not say about deleting an account?

A few questions have no published answer, so we will not guess:

• Whether you can sign up again with the same email, Apple ID or Google Account after deleting.
• How long deletion takes to complete behind the scenes.
• Whether the web version at fomo.family has its own delete option.
• What happens to an open perpetual futures position, a product fomo does not offer to US persons anyway.

If any of these matter to you, ask fomo support in the app before you tap delete, and keep the answer. fomo's terms also say fomo can suspend or terminate access at its own discretion, and that your right to use the service ends immediately on termination; withdrawing regularly rather than leaving a large idle balance protects you in either case.

Should you check how to leave before you sign up?

It is a sensible test for any money app, and fomo passes the basic version: a documented delete button, a key you can export, and withdrawals to a wallet or US bank. The fomo trading app homepage covers what it charges and which chains it trades, and our fomo app download guide has the official store links.

One sign-up detail is also permanent in its own way. The 10% fee discount from a fomo referral link only attaches when the account is created, and there is no field to add it later. If you decide to join, open the link first, pick a login you will remember, and follow our step-by-step sign-up guide. Nothing here is investment advice; only trade money you can afford to lose.

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