Can someone please provide directions on how to close / delete my account and remove my information from this site? I searched through help and the forums but didn't find anything relevant.

I am trying to do the same but dont see an option for it either!

I just read this in the forum rules :

We do not remove member forum accounts on request. You are welcome to stop visiting the VerticalSleeveTalk community if you no longer wish to contribute or participate in discussions. If you have privacy concerns, we provide our members with the ability to change or update their display names. Members also have the ability to update or modify any information made available in their public profile.

With rare exception, once messages are submitted to the forum and replied to, we do not remove them. Removing messages completely would be a disservice to our community as a whole; especially to those who offered a response to you.

"Removing messages completely would be a disservice to our community as a whole; especially to those who offered a response to you." Clearly, allowing us to leave would be a disservice to your advertisers. I wish there were a fine for virtual kidnapping.

Why don't you guys just change your notification settings -- to stop any emails you receive about new posts, etc.

And if you don't want your picture here or your name here, you can change those (using no avatar at all).

If you don't want your prior posts showing, you can take the trouble to go into posts you now wish you'd not made and edit those by putting in only periods.

Those are some work-arounds to meet whatever your new needs are.

And if you don't like these suggestions, don't yell at me ... I'm just trying to be helpful.

Virtual kidnapping? What?!

Just want to delete my profile...shouldn't be so difficult to do

I would Like to Delete mine as well. After 2 years post op I just started receiving emails again?? I've turned off the notifications and no longer wish to participate! ugh its frustrating that you cannot delete it!

Well, another option would be to do something to get you kicked off lol. That would solve it .

All kidding aside, I agree there should be an option to delete account.

Well, another option would be to do something to get you kicked off lol. That would solve it .

lol, that is insidiously brilliant. I hope you were laughing maniacally when you typed that out.

I am trying to figure it out too. I was on board until I realized there is no way I can figure to edit or delete the posts I have made. This is clearly not right.

On 28/03/2015 at 10:36 PM, Neeven said:

"Removing messages completely would be a disservice to our community as a whole; especially to those who offered a response to you." Clearly, allowing us to leave would be a disservice to your advertisers. I wish there were a fine for virtual kidnapping.

"Virtual kidnapping"? You mean you didn't sign up of your own free will? You were seized in the middle of the night and forced to sign up for BariatricPal against your will?

... Or do you mean you didn't read the terms & conditions and now, you're upset by the very rules you didn't read?

And now you can’t change your username until you have submitted content? Had I known what this site and app was I wouldn’t have bothered. I thought it was more of a tracking app to help with food and whatnot. Nah thanks.