How long does Claude Code keep your data?

This segment establishes Anthropic's obligation to retain personal data only as long as reasonably necessary and to destroy, delete, erase, or anonymize it when no longer required, imposing binding data lifecycle management duties on Anthropic and its service providers.

Their words · Privacy Policy

“ Anthropic retains your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes and criteria outlined in this Privacy Policy and explained further in our privacy center . When the personal data collected is no longer required by us, we and our service providers will perform the necessary procedures for destroying, deleting, erasing, or converting it into an anonymous form as permitted or required under applicable laws.”

Captured 2026-06-08. Open captured source →Snapshot SHA-256: 68d25fe251e6a971fed543610f088cdce07e69d251a0d0a04b16eb114bfeeaf4

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