diff --git a/internal/bridge/user.go b/internal/bridge/user.go
index 1275dea7..3d95c9a8 100644
--- a/internal/bridge/user.go
+++ b/internal/bridge/user.go
@@ -601,8 +601,8 @@ func (bridge *Bridge) logoutUser(ctx context.Context, user *user.User, withAPI,
 	defer delete(bridge.users, user.ID())
 
 	// if this is actually a remove account
-	if withTelemetry && withData && withAPI {
-		user.SendConfigStatusAbort()
+	if withData && withAPI {
+		user.SendConfigStatusAbort(withTelemetry)
 	}
 
 	logrus.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
diff --git a/internal/configstatus/config_status.go b/internal/configstatus/config_status.go
index 1d4df6b4..6f590936 100644
--- a/internal/configstatus/config_status.go
+++ b/internal/configstatus/config_status.go
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ func (status *ConfigurationStatus) AutoconfigUsed(client string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (status *ConfigurationStatus) Remove() error {
+	status.DataLock.Lock()
+	defer status.DataLock.Unlock()
+	return os.Remove(status.FilePath)
+}
+
 func (data *ConfigurationStatusData) init() {
 	data.Metadata = Metadata{
 		Version: version,
diff --git a/internal/user/config_status.go b/internal/user/config_status.go
index ab604181..b973989b 100644
--- a/internal/user/config_status.go
+++ b/internal/user/config_status.go
@@ -57,11 +57,17 @@ func (user *User) SendConfigStatusSuccess() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (user *User) SendConfigStatusAbort() {
+func (user *User) SendConfigStatusAbort(withTelemetry bool) {
+	if err := user.configStatus.Remove(); err != nil {
+		user.log.WithError(err).Error("Failed to remove config_status file.")
+	}
+
 	if !user.configStatus.IsPending() {
 		return
 	}
-
+	if !withTelemetry {
+		return
+	}
 	var builder configstatus.ConfigAbortBuilder
 	abort := builder.New(user.configStatus.Data)
 	data, err := json.Marshal(abort)