diff --git a/lib/actions/user-actions.js b/lib/actions/user-actions.js
--- a/lib/actions/user-actions.js
+++ b/lib/actions/user-actions.js
@@ -438,7 +438,9 @@
 // used to reset state (eg. Redux, SQLite) to a logged-out state. The state
 // reset only occurs when a success action is dispatched, so we always dispatch
 // a success.
-function useDeleteDiscardedIdentityAccount(): () => Promise<LogOutResult> {
+function useDeleteDiscardedIdentityAccount(): (
+  password: ?string,
+) => Promise<LogOutResult> {
   const client = React.useContext(IdentityClientContext);
   const identityClient = client?.identityClient;
 
@@ -447,35 +449,44 @@
     state => state.commServicesAccessToken,
   );
 
-  return React.useCallback(async () => {
-    invariant(
-      usingCommServicesAccessToken,
-      'deleteDiscardedIdentityAccount can only be called when ' +
-        'usingCommServicesAccessToken',
-    );
-    if (!identityClient) {
-      throw new Error('Identity service client is not initialized');
-    }
-    if (!identityClient.deleteWalletUser) {
-      throw new Error('Delete wallet user method unimplemented');
-    }
-    try {
-      await Promise.race([
-        identityClient.deleteWalletUser(),
-        (async () => {
-          await sleep(500);
-          throw new Error('identity delete_wallet_user took more than 500ms');
-        })(),
-      ]);
-    } catch {}
-    return {
-      currentUserInfo: null,
-      preRequestUserState: {
-        ...preRequestUserState,
-        commServicesAccessToken,
-      },
-    };
-  }, [commServicesAccessToken, identityClient, preRequestUserState]);
+  return React.useCallback(
+    async password => {
+      invariant(
+        usingCommServicesAccessToken,
+        'deleteDiscardedIdentityAccount can only be called when ' +
+          'usingCommServicesAccessToken',
+      );
+      if (!identityClient) {
+        throw new Error('Identity service client is not initialized');
+      }
+      if (
+        !identityClient.deleteWalletUser ||
+        !identityClient.deletePasswordUser
+      ) {
+        throw new Error('Delete user method unimplemented');
+      }
+      const deleteUserPromise = password
+        ? identityClient.deletePasswordUser(password)
+        : identityClient.deleteWalletUser();
+      try {
+        await Promise.race([
+          deleteUserPromise,
+          (async () => {
+            await sleep(500);
+            throw new Error('identity delete user call took more than 500ms');
+          })(),
+        ]);
+      } catch {}
+      return {
+        currentUserInfo: null,
+        preRequestUserState: {
+          ...preRequestUserState,
+          commServicesAccessToken,
+        },
+      };
+    },
+    [commServicesAccessToken, identityClient, preRequestUserState],
+  );
 }
 
 const legacyKeyserverRegisterActionTypes = Object.freeze({
diff --git a/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js b/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
--- a/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
@@ -465,7 +465,9 @@
         );
         const discardIdentityAccountPromise = (async () => {
           try {
-            const deletionResult = await deleteDiscardedIdentityAccount();
+            const deletionResult = await deleteDiscardedIdentityAccount(
+              credentialsToSave?.password,
+            );
             if (messageForException === 'client_version_unsupported') {
               Alert.alert(
                 appOutOfDateAlertDetails.title,