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Building an iPhone app Apple requires users to be able to delete their account but deleting the user record can break your database if youre not careful A lot of apps remove the personal information while keeping the relationships intact iosdeveloper appledeveloper appstore mobileapp softwareengineer

Jun 12, 2026
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If you're building an app and you're about to submit it to the Apple App Store, make sure you watch this video or your app will be rejected on submission. For those of you who don't know, if you want to submit an app to the App Store, you have to join the Apple Developer Program. And Apple requires that every app that's submitted to the Apple App Store, if users can create an account, they also must be able to delete it as well. But if you're an experienced developer, you know that deleting something in your database can cause catastrophic issues. That's where you level up as a developer and learn about obfuscation, which means you intentionally alter the code so that it's unintelligible. So now instead of actually deleting the user, you maintain your database structure, but you know out all the values or for example, you leave a placeholder. This way, your app gets accepted and you also don't break your database in the same time. Make sure to like and comment for more and follow me if you want to make your app as production ready as possible.

This video explains the importance of allowing account deletion in apps submitted to the Apple App Store and how to do it safely without breaking your database.

  1. Apple requires apps to allow users to delete their accounts.
  2. Deleting user records can cause database issues if not handled properly.
  3. Obfuscation helps maintain database structure while deleting user data.
  4. Use placeholders instead of actual deletion to avoid breaking the database.
  5. Follow best practices to ensure your app is production ready.
  • LinkedIn post: Best practices for user account deletion in apps
  • Tweet: How to safely delete user data without breaking your app
  • Checklist: Steps to prepare your app for App Store submission

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