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id: 538
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revision: '0'
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language: en
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title: Delete your Status Community
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---
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:::info
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Currently, you can only delete your community using Status desktop.
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:::
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Status uses a [peer-to-peer network][peer-to-peer-messaging] that temporarily stores data of your community. Because of this decentralized architecture, there is no one-click way to delete a community and all associated data.
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## What to expect
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- For a community to disappear, you must remove everyone from the community, including yourself, and make sure no activity happens for 30 days.
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- Community data recorded on the blockchain continues to exist. For example, if you [minted tokens for your community][mint-tokens-for-your-community], the transaction is on-chain and persists in the blockchain.
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:::info
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Your messages are not in the blockchain and are not transported through the Ethereum network. [Messages][about-status-messages] are temporarily stored in the peer-to-peer network.
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## Delete your Status Community
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You must complete the following tasks:
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- [x] Set up [manual approval][manage-community-join-requests] for the community.
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- [x] [Kick out all members from the community][kick-or-ban-someone-from-your-community].
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- [x] [Leave your community][leave-a-status-community].
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- [x] Delete or destroy the community's private key if it's stored anywhere.
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- [x] Wait 30 days.
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After 30 days, the Waku peer-to-peer network stops caching your community data, and the community is deleted irrecoverably.
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