Your data: download it, delete it, or close your account

Everything you put into Well Lived belongs to you. Settings → Data & account is where you download all of it, delete all of it, or sign out.

When to use it

Whenever you want a copy of your data to keep, open in a spreadsheet, or take somewhere else. And, if you ever decide to leave, to close your account properly.

How to use it

Open Settings, then Data & account under Account. The top line shows who you're Signed in as and when you joined.

Download your data

Under Export your data, decide whether to tick Include photos. That adds your meal photos, covers and people's pictures, and makes the download larger and slower.
Type Your password. It's asked again because the export holds everything.
Press Download my data. The button reads Preparing your export… while it builds, then your browser saves a zip file.

Inside the zip:

README.txt: what each file is.
csv/: one spreadsheet (CSV) for each part of the app. They open in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets.
csv/time-log.csv: your time log the way you'd read it, with project and activity names instead of ids, and how long each entry lasted.
data.json: every table, complete, in one file. This is the copy a program would read back in.
images/: your uploaded photos, covers and logos, only if you ticked Include photos.

A couple of things are deliberately left out: your sign-in sessions, and the access keys for any ring or watch you've connected (they'd be useless to you and risky to have lying around).

Delete your account

Download your data first if you might want it. Deletion can't be undone.
Under Delete your account, press Delete my account….
Type the phrase delete my account exactly, and Your password.
Press Permanently delete my account. The button stays disabled until the phrase matches.

This deletes your account and everything in it straight away: every entry, rating, note and person, your photos, and your connected devices. If you connected Oura or a Fitbit or Pixel Watch, the app also tells them to end its access. You'll land on a page that says Your account is deleted.

Sign out

Press Sign out beside the Signed in as line. It's also the last item in the account menu (your initials), below a line of its own so it's hard to hit by accident.

Tips

An export is a good habit before any big tidy-up, like merging projects or deleting old people.
time-log.csv is the friendliest file if you just want to play with your hours in a spreadsheet.
Spreadsheet cells that would otherwise look like a formula start with an apostrophe in the export, so a note can never run as a formula when you open it.
If the export says your password isn't right a few times in a row, wait a little before trying again; repeated tries are slowed down to keep your account safe.

Questions

Is anything kept after I delete my account? Only an anonymous record that an account existed: when it was opened and closed, and counts such as how many entries it had. No email and nothing you wrote. Encrypted backups age out on their own schedule and are never used to bring an account back.

Can I get my account back after deleting it? No. Deletion is immediate and permanent, which is why the page asks you to download your data first.

Do I need to disconnect my ring or watch before deleting? No. Deleting your account ends the app's access with Oura or Google for you.

Can I import the export into another app? The CSV files open almost anywhere, and data.json holds everything in a form another program can read. Whether a particular app can import it depends on that app.

Why does the export ask for my password when I'm already signed in? Because the file holds everything you've ever logged. Asking again means someone using your unlocked laptop can't walk off with it.