Delete Your Scavenger Account
Last updated: November 1, 2026
This page lets you request deletion of the Scavenger data we hold on our servers. It works for both iPhone and iPad and Android. If you own a household, that means the household's records and, on Android, everything in it, for every member. If you are a member of someone else's household, it means removing only you from it. You don't need the app installed to submit this request.
On iPhone and iPad there is no account. Scavenger identifies your household with the Account ID shown in Settings, so enter that Account ID below. Your lists themselves are stored in your own iCloud account and are removed by deleting the Party in the app, or by removing Scavenger's data from iCloud. On Android, enter the email address of the Google account you used to sign in. You can also delete your account directly in the app, which doesn't need a request.
Submitting this form starts the request; it isn't instant. We process deletion requests manually. If you give an email address we will confirm by email once it's done. If you give only an Account ID we cannot contact you, so we act on it only after you confirm it from the app: in Settings, send Report a Problem and say you asked for deletion.
Request account deletion
Give us your Account ID (iPhone and iPad) or the email associated with your Google account (Android) so we can find and delete the right records. One of the two is required.
What gets deleted
iPhone and iPad: there is no account. A request with your Account ID deletes the records our backend holds for that household: its usage, diagnostic and feedback records and the household record itself, after which Scout stops working for that Party (your lists in iCloud are unaffected). Because this is permanent, anyone who has the Account ID could ask for it, so we verify the request before acting, and may contact you first if you gave an email address. Subscription event records are kept without the household identifier. The household's lists are in iCloud and are deleted by deleting the Party in the app or removing Scavenger's iCloud data. Deleting a Party in the app does the same backend deletion automatically.
If you own a household: the household — its lists, stores, categories, shopping/hunt history, and the member display names stored in it — is deleted for every member, the same as using Delete Party in the app. We also delete your stored Terms-acceptance record.
If you're a member (not the owner): only you are removed. You are taken off the household's member list, your display name stored on that household is removed, and your own Terms-acceptance record is deleted. The household and its other members are not touched. Invite links that mention you stop working within 7 days, when invites expire. We match your request to your account by the email address you give us; if we can't match it to the household, we delete nothing and follow up with you by email instead.
We keep a short deletion record of the request (household identifier, account identifier, partly masked email address, time, and the Terms version accepted and when) for support and audit purposes; for a member-only removal the record notes that only the member was removed. Deleting a household or account in the app, or the automatic 12-month inactivity clean-up, does not remove any Terms-acceptance record, which stays as evidence of acceptance; deleting a household also creates a short deletion record on our backend. See Data retention in the Android Privacy Policy or the iPhone and iPad Privacy Policy.
What is not deleted
A request made through this form does not remove your Google sign-in record in Firebase Authentication (the account identifier, and the email address and name Google provides when you sign in); deleting your account in the Android app does. Deleting does not cancel a subscription: manage or cancel it in the App Store or Google Play. We do not hold, and cannot remove, subscription and payment records held by Apple or Google. Subscription event records on our side are kept without the household identifier. The deletion record described above is also kept. Copies in our backups can persist for up to 40 days and are not used to restore deleted data. Other members' Terms-acceptance records are not removed by your request.
Questions about this process? Use the contact form on our Support page. See the full Android Privacy Policy for more on what we collect and why.