How to delete your fomo app account

How to delete a fomo app account, in the right order: sell every position, withdraw the whole balance and wait for it to land, then look in profile settings for a delete option, and if there is none, ask fomo support through Discord or X. The order matters because fomo is a self-custody wallet. Money left in an account you have closed may be gone for good, and fomo does not publish a recovery process for that.

This page is built from fomo’s public pages. fomo does not document the deletion menu path, so where this guide is vague, that is on purpose.

Why the checklist comes first

fomo’s wallet is self-custodial and powered by Privy, with your email or Apple ID login acting as the key instead of a seed phrase. That design is what makes onboarding painless, and it is also what makes deletion risky. There is no seed phrase you kept in a drawer that could reopen the wallet later, and fomo says nothing about what happens to a balance after an account closes. So the working assumption should be: whatever is in there when you delete, stays in there.

The good news is that the fix is cheap. Empty the account and the deletion becomes a formality.

Step 1: sell or move every position

Open your portfolio and go position by position. For each coin, either sell it or, if you would rather keep it, plan to withdraw it as crypto to an external wallet.

Watch for the small stuff. Memecoins that went to near zero still sit in the portfolio, and a token with no liquidity may not sell at all. If a sell fails, try a smaller partial sell; if it never goes through, the position is effectively worth nothing and you can let it go. The selling and closing trades guide covers failed sells in more detail.

Each sell pays fomo’s spot fee of about 0.45%, gas included. On a dust position the fee may exceed the value, which is another reason not to bother with the dead ones.

Step 2: withdraw the balance

You have two documented routes.

To a bank: fomo’s FAQ says withdrawals arrive within 3 business days, that a first-time withdrawal may need extra verification, and that large amounts may get extra review. If you have never withdrawn before, expect the verification step and allow time for it.

To an external wallet: this is the self-custody path, sending crypto to a wallet you control. fomo does not publish the minimums or how network fees are handled, so read the withdraw screen and double-check the chain. Sending on the wrong network is the classic way to lose a withdrawal, and nobody can reverse it.

Do not delete anything until the money has arrived. “Withdrawal pending” is not the same as “withdrawal received”. The full walkthrough is in how to withdraw money from the fomo app.

Step 3: save what you need for taxes

Before the account goes, export or screenshot your trade history, including deposits and withdrawals, since you will not be able to log back in and pull it later. fomo mentions tax integration in its blog recaps, and in many countries every sell is a taxable event, so your future self will want the record. The fomo app fees page has the tax basics for US users.

Step 4: delete the account

Open your profile in the app and look through the settings for a delete, close or deactivate account option. fomo does not publish the exact path, and menus move, so this guide will not pretend to know the tap sequence.

If there is no delete option, ask support. fomo lists Discord and X (@fomo) as its support channels; there is no Telegram, so ignore anyone in a Telegram group offering to “process” your deletion. Say that you want the account and its data deleted. The fomo app not working page has the current support links.

When you message support, include the email address on the account and say the balance is zero. Do not send your login code to anyone. fomo staff have no reason to ask for it, and a request for the code is how Discord DM scams work, so stay in the public support channels and ignore people who message you first claiming to be staff. fomo does not publish how long a deletion request takes.

Whatever route you use, confirm your balance reads zero one more time before you send the request.

Uninstalling is not deleting

If what you actually want is to stop trading, uninstalling the app does that without the finality. Your account and balance stay put, and reinstalling and logging in with the same email or Apple ID brings everything back. The same goes for the web app at fomo.family, which uses the same account.

Deleting is for when you want the account and data gone. If you are unsure, empty the balance, uninstall, and decide about deletion later. Nothing is lost that way.

Before you go

If the reason for leaving is losses, that is common. Memecoin trading is high-risk speculation, most people who do it lose money and closing the account is a reasonable response. If the reason is a bug or a stuck withdrawal, try support first, because a deleted account makes any dispute harder.

And if you are leaving for another app, the fomo app alternatives page compares the options without the sales pitch.