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System design: account deletion across Amazon

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Design a system that allows users to delete their accounts from everywhere across Amazon.

Asked in the System Design stage. System design problem regarding user account deletion across Amazon services. Explain how you would discover dependent data, coordinate deletion across independently owned services, handle retries and partial failures, and provide auditable completion without exposing deleted data.