From 168782e04998800f968ea18835b8096408b6f892 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benoit Marty <benoit@matrix.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:35:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update deactivate account wording. Closes #6608

---
 features/deactivation/impl/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml | 6 +++---
 features/login/impl/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml        | 2 +-
 libraries/ui-strings/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml       | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/features/deactivation/impl/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml b/features/deactivation/impl/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml
index 0380cf1c94..fc12c7d2f8 100644
--- a/features/deactivation/impl/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml
+++ b/features/deactivation/impl/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <resources xmlns:xliff="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2">
-  <string name="screen_deactivate_account_confirmation_dialog_content">"Please confirm that you want to deactivate your account. This action cannot be undone."</string>
+  <string name="screen_deactivate_account_confirmation_dialog_content">"Please confirm that you want to delete your account. This action cannot be undone."</string>
   <string name="screen_deactivate_account_delete_all_messages">"Delete all my messages"</string>
   <string name="screen_deactivate_account_delete_all_messages_notice">"Warning: Future users may see incomplete conversations."</string>
-  <string name="screen_deactivate_account_description">"Deactivating your account is %1$s, it will:"</string>
+  <string name="screen_deactivate_account_description">"Deleting your account is %1$s, it will:"</string>
   <string name="screen_deactivate_account_description_bold_part">"irreversible"</string>
   <string name="screen_deactivate_account_list_item_1">"%1$s your account (you can\'t log back in, and your ID can\'t be reused)."</string>
   <string name="screen_deactivate_account_list_item_1_bold_part">"Permanently disable"</string>
   <string name="screen_deactivate_account_list_item_2">"Remove you from all chat rooms."</string>
   <string name="screen_deactivate_account_list_item_3">"Delete your account information from our identity server."</string>
   <string name="screen_deactivate_account_list_item_4">"Your messages will still be visible to registered users but won’t be available to new or unregistered users if you choose to delete them."</string>
-  <string name="screen_deactivate_account_title">"Deactivate account"</string>
+  <string name="screen_deactivate_account_title">"Delete account"</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/features/login/impl/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml b/features/login/impl/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml
index dce4f1a77b..f8d5ffa651 100644
--- a/features/login/impl/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml
+++ b/features/login/impl/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <string name="screen_change_server_subtitle">"What is the address of your server?"</string>
   <string name="screen_change_server_title">"Select your server"</string>
   <string name="screen_create_account_title">"Create account"</string>
-  <string name="screen_login_error_deactivated_account">"This account has been deactivated."</string>
+  <string name="screen_login_error_deactivated_account">"This account has been deleted."</string>
   <string name="screen_login_error_invalid_credentials">"Incorrect username and/or password"</string>
   <string name="screen_login_error_invalid_user_id">"This is not a valid user identifier. Expected format: ‘@user:homeserver.org’"</string>
   <string name="screen_login_error_refresh_tokens">"This server is configured to use refresh tokens. These aren\'t supported when using password based login."</string>
diff --git a/libraries/ui-strings/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml b/libraries/ui-strings/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml
index ff865de038..2982c78ca9 100644
--- a/libraries/ui-strings/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml
+++ b/libraries/ui-strings/src/main/res/values/localazy.xml
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@
   <string name="action_create">"Create"</string>
   <string name="action_create_room">"Create room"</string>
   <string name="action_create_space">"Create space"</string>
-  <string name="action_deactivate">"Deactivate"</string>
-  <string name="action_deactivate_account">"Deactivate account"</string>
+  <string name="action_deactivate">"Delete"</string>
+  <string name="action_deactivate_account">"Delete account"</string>
   <string name="action_decline">"Decline"</string>
   <string name="action_decline_and_block">"Decline and block"</string>
   <string name="action_delete_poll">"Delete Poll"</string>