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’s 99.9% of people. Unless you’re a head of state or in some other way in highly influential or powerful position you’ve got nothing to worry about. You can never completely cover your tracks online. The best you can do is make it difficult enough for people to track you that they go with someone else instead. It’s also good practice to reming yourself of what the actual threat model is. Who do you want to stay hidden from?
It doesn’t take much to lose a stalker but if it’s big tech you’re trying to hide from then all you need is a cable cutter.