About me:
I’m just getting started, deleted almost all my Google accounts, deleted my Reddit account, I’m deleting my Lemmy account too. I’m pathetic, unfortunately I was unlucky enough to be born with a good brain, I don’t even want to tell you how I screwed up, it’s not that scary, but I’m ashamed, I’ve, for first: linked multiple accounts with my phone number. For second: on different accounts, I have a similar pattern of communication with people. They were tied to e-mail, fortunately I did not give my phone number to those e-mails.
I’ve almost never used a VPN, never used Tor, and it’s not surprising, my brain is lousy, I constantly forget where I left the keys to the house.
Therefore, I would be happy to receive advice from those who also delete themselves from the Internet or have already deleted.
That is nothing my dude, almost all of us havw done the same unless we’ve been specifically coached not to.
In fact, it may be impossible not to. It is hard to write differently even if you consciously try to. Some accounts require your phone number, like healthcare and stuff. Even VPN and Tor isn’t totally usable or always helpful in every situation. Logging into Lemmy via Tor is counter productive for Tor use, actually.
The key is to just not give info that isn’t necessary. You can’t totally delete yourself, and having a completely blank slate may even be suspicious, depending on your threat model.