NavTrail — How to delete your data

App name: NavTrail. Developer: Constantin (individual developer, Bucharest, Romania). Effective date: 2026-06-18 (updated for v1.2 — accounts & cloud backup).

This page explains how to delete your NavTrail account and all data associated with it. It is the canonical procedure referenced by our Privacy Policy § 9 ("Right to erasure") and the in-app Settings → Personal data → Delete account and all my data flow.

Short version: Open the app → Settings → Personal data → "Delete account and all my data" → confirm. Deletion is immediate and automatic — your account and all data are removed within seconds, with no email and no waiting, and the app resets to a fresh anonymous user you can keep using. If you've already uninstalled the app and can't open it, email contact@navtrail.app instead — see § 2.

1. Delete from inside the app (recommended — immediate)

NavTrail deletes your data on the spot — you don't need to email anyone or wait for a reply. There are two places to do it:

From Settings (works whether or not you created an account)

Open NavTrail.
Tap MENU (bottom navigation).
Tap SETTINGS.
Scroll to the PERSONAL DATA section.
Tap the red row "Delete account and all my data".
Read the confirmation dialog, then tap the red confirm button.

From the Account & backup screen (if you created an account)

Open Settings → Account & backup, tap "Delete account", and confirm.

Either way, your account and data are deleted within a few seconds, the NavTrail data stored locally on your device (recorded tracks, packing inventory, maintenance log) is wiped, and the app signs you back in as a new anonymous user — so you can keep using NavTrail with a clean slate. No confirmation email is needed; the deletion has already happened.

2. Delete without using the app (e.g. you uninstalled it)

The in-app button needs you to be signed in to the app. If you've already uninstalled NavTrail or can't open it, send an email and we'll delete your data manually:

To: contact@navtrail.app
Subject: NavTrail — Data deletion request
Body: include either:
- Your anonymous user ID (a UUID like 2cd98987-4c5b-4e76-9279-5b1e430958d5), shown in the app under Settings → About, or
- A description of what you'd like removed (e.g. "Any POIs / hazards I posted from device brand + model between date range") if you don't know your user ID. We'll do our best to find and purge matching records.

Without a user ID we can't guarantee identifying every record (anonymous-auth users have no personal info linking them), but we'll purge everything we can match — within 30 days.

3. What is deleted

An in-app deletion removes the following immediately (an email request: within 30 days):

Data	What happens
Your account (Supabase `auth.users` row), including your email address if you created one	Deleted permanently
Recorded tracks backed up to the cloud — the summary rows and the GPX track files in private cloud Storage	Deleted permanently
Your packing inventory and maintenance records backed up to the cloud	Deleted permanently
Your device / FCM push token (the `devices` table)	Deleted permanently from our servers; the token keeps existing on the push provider's infrastructure until the operating system revokes it (typically when you uninstall the app or clear app data)
Convoy memberships referencing you, and convoys you own	Memberships deleted; owned convoys are disbanded (remaining members removed, the convoy row deleted)
Hazard/obstacle reports and SOS alerts you created (including any description / contact hint)	Deleted permanently
Moderation reports you filed against other users' content (POI / hazard / SOS reports)	Deleted permanently
NavTrail data stored locally on your device — recorded tracks & waypoints, packing inventory, maintenance log	Wiped from the device as part of the in-app delete

4. What is kept — anonymized (no longer linked to you)

So that one person leaving doesn't degrade the shared community map, a few things survive your deletion but are permanently de-linked from your identity. After deletion, nothing here can be used to identify you.

Data	What happens	Why
Community POIs you added (camping spots, springs, viewpoints, refuges, tyre-repair shops)	Stay on the shared map, but the owner link is cleared (`created_by → NULL`). They become community-owned and are no longer editable by you.	These are durable landmarks other overlanders rely on; deleting them would punish the community.
Rows where you touched other people's data — e.g. you resolved someone's hazard/SOS, or an admin granted you a role	Your user ID is removed from those rows; the rows themselves (which belong to others, or to the platform) are kept.	The other person's report/alert must survive — only your link to it is severed.
Server access logs (anonymized IP, timestamp, HTTP path)	Rotated by our hosting providers (Supabase, datahost.ro), typically within ~30 days	Operated by the providers, not by us directly; we can't selectively purge them, but they rotate naturally.
Aggregated counts (e.g. "total POIs created this month")	Kept	Contain no identifier of you.

5. Timeline

In-app delete: immediate — completed within seconds, while you watch.
Email request (§ 2): acknowledged within 7 days, completed within 30 days, as required by GDPR Art. 12(3). We reply when it's done, so you have a record.

6. Other data that stays on your device

The in-app delete already wipes your recorded tracks, inventory and maintenance log from the device. A few other things live only on your device and are not part of account deletion (we never had them on our servers):

Downloaded offline map regions
Tire-pressure calculator inputs
Inclinometer calibration
Other Settings inputs (maintenance odometer, fuel range, storm-alert calibration)

To remove these too, uninstall the app or use your device's Settings → Apps → NavTrail → Storage & cache → Clear storage.

Contact

For any question about this deletion procedure, email contact@navtrail.app. The operator is Constantin, an individual developer based in Bucharest, Romania.