While WhatsApp will not maliciously delete your account if you do not accept the privacy policy by May 15, you will still lose some functionality.
WhatsApp's privacy policy appears to be coming to an end anytime soon. The latest from Facebook hosted by Facebook is that although they will not brutally delete your WhatsApp account if you do not accept the privacy policy, you will still lose a lot of functionality. This includes additional access restrictions for your chat list, notifications and calls. That can be as good or bad as deleting your WhatsApp profile, right? The thing is, you might want to make it easier with WhatsApp by deleting your WhatsApp profile anyway, and maybe make the switch to Telegram or Signal before the deadline of May 15. And whether you're on Android or iPhone with your WhatsApp app, there are steps some things you need to follow before deleting your WhatsApp account and all the good and bad that comes
with it.
Don't want to face WhatsApp's privacy policy and terms of service again? First, we would like you to be patient and start getting the full file of all the WhatsApp data in you. This may take a day or two, but it may be worth the wait. For this, open WhatsApp and look in Settings -> Account. Here, you will see an option called Request Account Info. Choose that and accept it. In a day or two, WhatsApp will be ready for your report and you may receive a notification - if not, you can return to this option in the settings and select the Export Report option. This will be an HTML format that contains account details such as your phone number, contact numbers, email addresses, status, display image, device details and which company you are currently in contact with on this phone. Second, you may want to take a quick look at important conversations with WhatsApp groups to save or download any important messages, details or media files.
Now is the time to get out of WhatsApp permanently. Open WhatsApp> Settings> Account. Here, you can choose to delete My Account. WhatsApp will ask you to verify the phone number you entered and registered on this phone and you will need to tap on “Delete My Account”. Remember, there is no waiting period after this and your time on WhatsApp will end there again. You will also not be able to access any WhatsApp backups stored on Google Drive or Apple iCloud. Note, WhatsApp refers to a 90-day window when the account deletion process is complete. 90 days from the start of the removal process to delete your WhatsApp information. Copies of your information can be retained after 90 days of storage that we use to recover a disaster, software error, or other data loss event, "said WhatsApp. However, once this process occurs, your information will no longer be available to you on WhatsApp, the data can remain in its database, these logs will no longer be identifiers associated with your account.
