No you just do it for the ark application. And you only lose a few settings. No progress or anything else. Stuff like gamma, server filter, look inversion etc.
K I've commented on at least 30 other people's posts about the same question and it worked for all but 2 of them, but I suspect they aren't doing it correctly.
Buddy from Texas was the only one to get in without an issue or deleting England friend same issue girlfriend in the next room same buddy from Montana same so its just the unofficial server lobby