# Cleaning app storage on app uninstall

**URL:** <https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/cleaning-app-storage-on-app-uninstall/56948>\
**Category:** Forge\
**Tags:** lifecycle, forge-storage\
**Created:** [March 24, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/cleaning-app-storage-on-app-uninstall/56948 "2022-03-24T16:22:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![CaterinaCurti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/atlassiandeveloper/user_avatar/community.developer.atlassian.com/caterinacurti/32/42270_2.png) [@CaterinaCurti](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/u/CaterinaCurti)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/cleaning-app-storage-on-app-uninstall/56948/2 "2022-03-28T07:31:15Z")

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Hi @EulogioGutierrez,

The data is automatically deleted, see these 2 comments for more details:

> [@How do I delete all forge storage data for an instance](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/how-do-i-delete-all-forge-storage-data-for-an-instance/49980/2):
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> We wait a few weeks before clearing out the data after uninstall. Its still within our 30 day privacy policy window but not so fast that if the customer regrets the uninstall that they can’t reinstall and find that all of their data is still present.

> [@How do I delete all forge storage data for an instance](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/how-do-i-delete-all-forge-storage-data-for-an-instance/49980/8):
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> We also clear out that data immediately when the Site data is deleted due to extended lack of payment. The App developer does not have to do anything.

There isn’t a way to trigger the cleanup earlier in the process.

Hope this helps,  
Caterina

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