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We’re making a big change to how account deletion works on Tumblr, and we’re really excited about it, because this is something that some of you have been requesting for… well… a literal decade.

Before today, when you deleted your Tumblr account, it was immediate and permanent. Occasionally, this resulted in Very Sad Times. Even though we’ve tried to make it super difficult to accidentally delete your account, this is something that still happens a lot. Like, a lot. There’s also plenty of folks who delete their account on purpose, but then regret it shortly afterward. Worst of all, if your account was hacked, and then deleted by the hacker, there was no way to get it back. 

All of these problems are *poof* no more. As of today, when you delete your account, we will keep your data for 30 days. Your account will remain recoverable during that time, and you can contact us within that 30 day window if you’d like us to restore your account.

Eventually, we hope to make this process a bit easier, and allow you to restore your account with a single click of a button. For right now, though, you’ll need to contact us via tumblr.com/support and choose the category “Account Access” > “I have deleted my account or blog by accident”. 

FAQs

How do I delete my account? Does that process look different now?

You can follow the steps here to delete your account on the web or through the mobile app, which works pretty much the same way as before. You’ll notice we’ve updated the confirmation screen to reflect the new process, though.

Does a deleted account still appear on Tumblr during this 30 day window?

Nope. As soon as you submit the request to delete your account, all of your blogs will no longer be accessible (they’ll 404), no one will be able to message you, your posts will no longer appear in search results, and you won’t be able to log in anymore. This happens right away, not 30 days later. Deleted accounts still behave exactly as they always have.

What about my email address and username? Will those become available again immediately after account deletion, like they did before?

Notably, no, they will not. In order to make it possible for the account to be restored during the 30 day window, the username and email address must remain associated with the account during that time. So they won’t be available to register again until 30 days after you’ve deleted your account.

If you’re deleting your account, and you already know that you’d like to use the same username or email address on a new account immediately afterward, we recommend that you change your username and email address before deleting the account. That way, they will become available right away, instead of being on hold for 30 days. 

What if I’ve accidentally deleted one of my sideblogs, but not my entire account?

If you delete a sideblog, it will be deleted right away, and cannot be restored. We can only restore an entire account (which will restore all of its blogs along with it). 

Is this feature retroactive? Can you restore the account I deleted two years ago?

As much as we would like this to be possible, the answer is no. We still haven’t perfected the art of time travel, so all accounts deleted before today are still deleted for good. This new change will only apply to accounts which are deleted after this announcement is posted.

Where can I learn more about the account deletion process?

My late writing partner, @von--gelmini, lost his battle with liver cancer in October of 2020.

Let me point you to something on his Ao3 account:

specifically, allow me to draw your attention to his 136 posted works.

Today, I also stand at 136 works on my own Ao3 account.

The next thing I post will be #137.

This will be the very first time, since our collaboration started in 2011 (2010? It's hard to remember, those were LJ days) that I will have more published works than he did.

@von--gelmini (also @starker-stories) was practically a full-time writer. The 136 works on Ao3 represent a small fraction of ALL his writings. There was Livejournal, along with hundreds of thousands of words of private fiction written with various partners, sometimes for years upon years. As a man living on disability, Von wrote constantly.

Now, having written without him for the past six years (and mining our of our original character writings to develop as recognizable pairings you'll recognize) I am at a very strange milestone.

I want my 137th Work to be something special - I won't be at this milestone again.

Now I just have to decide what that is.

@mrstarksbaby @serrabloodsong @sheris532 @vaguekiwi @bri-loves @professional-benaddict @starkeristheendgame @starker-sorbet @spidyirony @starkercrossedlovers @starkerdayss @darker-soft-starker @starkerflowers @starkerintheparker @sinditia @ironstarker @starkeristheendgame @cutepandaprincess @itfeelssogoodmrstark

You'll be happy to know I have posted Work Number 137 - which will be a sequel to a lovely fairy tale @mrstarksbaby and I created in 2022.

You are loved.

SUMMARY: Mary Claire Bradley meets her soulmate- literally- the famous Peter Steele of metal group Type O Negative. But will obstacles including trauma, stalkers, and toxic family members get in the way of their life?

STORY WARNINGS: mentions of child rape (nothing graphic) PTSD, milk kink, soft smut, grinding, assault, fingering, hand jobs, blow jobs, 69, P in V sex, blood, noncon rape, violence, death, vandalism, graffiti, attempted kidnapping, break-ins, wild animal attacks, terrorist attack (sabotage) consensual impregnation, bareback, impregnation kink, creampies, terrorist attacks (shootings) hit and run pedestrian accident, precipitous labor, neonatal death, abandoned baby, child intoxication, death of a minor character, injured baby, kidnapped child

WORD: 1156

Peter and I both arrived at the hospital twenty minutes later, rushing up to Tommy’s room, where we were met by a vast greenhouse of flowers and a small toy store of plushies, apparent gifts from Type O Negative fans and PeteClaire shippers.