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Deleting projects, organizations and data

Exactly what is destroyed when you delete a project or an organization, what is kept and for how long, and how to export first.

Export first

Backups are standard pg_dump archives. If you want a copy outside VaultKeep before deleting, restore the latest backup into a database you control (see Restoring), or export your audit log as CSV from the Audit log page.

Deleting a project

Project → Danger zone → type the project name.

• The project's credentials are destroyed immediately (ciphertext wiped).
• Queued jobs are cancelled.
• Every backup artifact is queued for removal from managed storage and from each of your own destinations the project ever used. The wrapped keys are deleted with the project's rows, so the data is unreadable even before the purge completes.
• The project, its schedule, backups, verifications and restores are removed from the app.
• Audit entries about the project are kept (the log is append-only).

Deleting an organization

Settings → Delete this organization (owners only) → type the organization name.

Everything above, for every project, plus: all stored credentials are destroyed, backup destinations and their credentials are removed, members and invitations lose access, and the subscription ends. Purges of your own destinations are skipped if the destination's credentials are already gone; what remains there is unreadable ciphertext you can delete yourself.

Audit entries are retained for 90 days after deletion, then removed.

Deleting your account

Deleting an organization does not delete your user account (you may belong to other organizations). Email support@vaultkeep.dev from that address and we will remove it.

Retention expiry

Backups are also deleted automatically when their retention expires; see Schedules, retention and alerts.

Still stuck? Email support@vaultkeep.dev with your project name (never your connection string) and we'll take a look.