This page is for Hearth (listed on Google Play as “Hearth: Meal Plans & Groceries”), the meal planning and grocery list app made by the developer Sycamore Hill Studios. You don’t need the app installed to use it.
Delete in the app
- Open Hearth and tap the Settings tab.
- Scroll to the bottom and tap Delete account.
- If you want a copy of your recipes and plans, tap Export my data first.
- Type DELETE to confirm, then tap Delete account.
Your account is deleted right away, and you’re signed out on every device.
Delete without the app
If you’ve already removed the app or can’t sign in, you can ask us to delete your account:
- Email sycamorehillstudios@outlook.com with the subject “Delete my Hearth account.”
- Send it from the email address you sign in with. If you sign in with Google (or Apple), tell us that account’s email address.
- We’ll reply to confirm it’s really you, usually by sending a code to your account email.
- Once confirmed, we delete your account within 30 days and email you when it’s done.
Before you delete
- Cancel Hearth Pro first. Deleting your account doesn’t cancel a subscription. Cancel it in Google Play (Play Store → your profile → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions), or you may keep being charged.
- Export your data. Settings → Export my data gives you every recipe, plan and note as a file, plus a printable cookbook. It’s free on every plan.
- It can’t be undone. Once your account is deleted, we can’t restore it.
What’s deleted and what’s kept
| Data | What happens |
|---|---|
| Your account: email address, display name, Google or Apple sign-in links, sessions and sign-in codes | Deleted |
| Your settings: units, appearance, notification choices and push notification tokens | Deleted |
| Your recipe ratings, and your Hearth Pro purchase records on our servers (purchase token, plan and dates) | Deleted |
| Store connections you set up (your Kroger access tokens) | Disconnected and deleted |
| If you’re the only member of your household: the household’s meal plans, grocery lists, recipes you imported or wrote, imported photos, favorites, notes, cooking history, pantry items, food preferences, ZIP code and store choices | Deleted |
| If others are in your household: the shared plan, grocery list, pantry, recipes, favorites, notes and food preferences | Kept for the remaining members, with your name removed from activity like “checked by” |
| Encrypted database backups and deleted-file storage | Kept for up to 35 days, then overwritten |
| Server logs (request times, errors, IP addresses) | Kept for up to 30 days, then deleted |
| A record that we handled your deletion request (without your content) | Kept only as long as the law requires |
Google keeps its own records of Google Play purchases under its policies. We can’t delete those for you.
How long it takes
- In the app: your account and data are deleted from our live systems immediately.
- By email: within 30 days of confirming it’s you.
- Backups: deleted data is gone from encrypted backups within 35 days after that.
- Server logs: deleted within 30 days.
Deleting only some data
You don’t have to delete your account to remove some of your data:
- Delete a recipe you imported or wrote from its menu in the Recipes tab.
- Clear completed items or remove items from the grocery list.
- Disconnect Kroger in Settings → Connected stores.
- Leave a shared household: in Settings, tap your household, then Leave household.
- Turn off notifications in Settings → Notifications.
To delete anything else, email sycamorehillstudios@outlook.com and tell us what you’d like removed. We’ll do it within 30 days. The Privacy Policy has more on what we collect and your rights.