How to delete your Magic.link account

About deleting your Magic.link account

Magic.link serves as a passwordless authentication provider, leveraging magic links and Web3-based identity wallets to streamline user onboarding. By replacing traditional username and password combinations with email-based cryptographic tokens, it simplifies user access while managing sensitive authentication metadata.

Developers or individual users may choose to delete their Magic.link account for several specific reasons. Whether you are transitioning your application to an alternative authentication provider, decommissioning a project that utilized Magic SDKs, or simply wishing to remove your identity-linked wallet addresses from their relay servers, the deletion process is a necessary step in data hygiene. Removing your account ensures that your identity, connected wallets, and associated API metadata are no longer actively maintained within the Magic ecosystem.

• Discontinuing a dApp or project that relied on the Magic Auth or Connect SDKs.
• Minimizing the footprint of your Web3-related authentication history.
• Revoking API access keys and client secrets linked to your specific Magic developer dashboard.
• Removing public key identifiers that associate your email address with specific blockchain network access.

What happens to your data

When you initiate the deletion process for your Magic.link account, the service attempts to purge your primary identity information from their core authentication database. This typically includes your registered email address, cryptographic key pairings, and dashboard configuration settings.

• Account identification and email associations.
• API keys, secret tokens, and SDK configuration profiles.
• Historical logs of authentication events generated by your integrated applications.
• Metadata regarding the blockchain networks (such as Ethereum or Polygon) accessed via the Magic wallet.

It is important to note that while Magic.link deletes your account-level data, it may be subject to legal data retention requirements or internal backup cycles. Because Magic.link acts as a bridge between users and blockchain networks, public wallet addresses associated with your activity may remain recorded on immutable decentralized ledgers, even after your account link is removed.

Privacy considerations

Using Magic.link involves trusting a third-party relay service with your authentication flow. Because Magic facilitates the creation of non-custodial or managed wallets, the data shared with them—including your email and IP-based geolocation during login—can be used for analytics. Protecting your privacy requires understanding how your authentication metadata is handled during the login lifecycle.

• Always audit the permissions granted to Magic.link via your OAuth providers.
• Understand that your login activity is routed through Magic-controlled nodes, which may log metadata about your device and session.
• Regularly rotate your project API keys if you suspect unauthorized access to your dashboard.
• Consider that Magic.link operates as an intermediary for Web3 wallets, meaning your interaction with their infrastructure creates a link between your digital identity and your blockchain transactions.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does deleting my Magic.link account affect the crypto assets in my wallet?

If you have a non-custodial wallet generated by Magic, your private keys are tied to the wallet's derivation path. While deleting the account removes your access to the interface and management dashboard, the underlying assets remain on the blockchain, provided you have your backup phrases exported.

Can I recover my account after the deletion process is confirmed?

Generally, account deletion is permanent in the Magic.link system. Once the request is confirmed via email, your API keys and project settings are purged, and they cannot be recovered.

Does Magic.link store my actual password?

No, Magic.link is specifically designed as a passwordless service, so it stores no passwords. Instead, it manages authentication tokens and links public/private key pairs to your email address.

Will my application users be impacted if I delete my developer account?

Yes. If you delete the developer account managing your API keys, your integrated applications will lose their ability to authenticate users, as the underlying Magic SDK calls will return unauthorized errors.

How long does the Magic.link deletion process take?

Once you confirm the deletion through the email sent to your registered address, the removal of your dashboard and identity data is typically processed near-instantly.