> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.surnex.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delete your account

> What deleting your account removes, and what it doesn't.

Deleting your Surnex account is separate from deleting an organization, and the distinction matters — one removes your access, the other removes the data.

## Account vs. organization

| Action                                            | Removes                                      | Leaves                               |
| ------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| [Delete an organization](/organizations/settings) | All its projects, data, members, and reports | Your account and other organizations |
| Delete your account                               | Your login and profile                       | Organizations you belonged to        |

If you own an organization whose data should also go, **delete the organization first**. Removing your account doesn't cascade to organizations, and an organization you owned can be left without an owner.

## Before you delete

**Hand over anything you own.** Owner can't be transferred, so an organization you created stays yours. If the team needs it to continue, plan for that before deleting — otherwise nobody can change the plan or delete the organization afterwards.

**Cancel subscriptions.** Deleting your account doesn't cancel billing. Cancel in the [billing portal](/billing/invoices) first, or the organization keeps being charged.

**Export anything you need.** Ranking and backlink history is accumulated day by day and cannot be rebuilt. [Export a PDF report](/reports/share) of anything you want to keep.

**Revoke API keys.** [Keys](/api-keys/list) belong to the organization, not to you, and keep working after your account is gone. If you created keys for integrations that should stop, revoke them yourself.

## What survives

* Organizations you belonged to, and their data
* Projects, keywords, and history in those organizations
* [API keys](/api-keys/list) you created — organization-scoped, still live
* Reports and any [share links](/reports/share) you distributed
* Active subscriptions and their billing

## Leaving an organization instead

If you only want to stop working with a team, you don't need to delete your account. Ask an admin to remove you on [Team](/organizations/team) — you lose access to that organization and keep your account and everything else.

Note that you can't remove yourself; another admin or the owner has to do it.

## Related

* [Organization settings](/organizations/settings) — deleting an organization
* [Invite your team](/organizations/team) — removing a member
* [Roles and permissions](/organizations/roles) — why owner can't be transferred