DeepSeek: what it remembers, keeps, costs, and how to leave
thecontinuitylayer.com/memory/deepseekDeepSeek's chat app, from the Chinese AI lab. Its pages describe chat history that syncs across devices, not memory. DeepSeek gets an F and ranks #8 of 9 on the Scorecard, 5 of 19: memory 0 of 7, your data 1½ of 4, leaving 1½ of 4, price 2 of 4; exit grade 0 of 4. Every grade is read from DeepSeek's own pages, last checked 3 November 2026.
Memory: what DeepSeek's pages say
Can you see what it remembers, change it, delete it, take it with you and bring it in.
DeepSeek's pages don't say so.
DeepSeek's app page lists chat history sync across devices, not memory that carries into new chats.
DeepSeek's pages don't say so.
DeepSeek's app page does not mention memory you can see.
DeepSeek's pages don't say so.
DeepSeek's app page does not mention editing a memory.
DeepSeek's pages don't say so.
DeepSeek's app page does not mention deleting a memory.
DeepSeek's pages don't say so.
DeepSeek's app page does not mention a memory export.
DeepSeek's pages don't say so.
DeepSeek's app page does not mention importing memory from another AI.
DeepSeek's pages don't say so.
DeepSeek's app page does not mention memory being used in replies.
Your data: what DeepSeek's pages say
Can you keep your chats out of training, know how long they are kept, delete the account yourself, and talk without being saved.
Yes, according to DeepSeek's own pages.
DeepSeek's terms say you can opt out of your inputs and outputs being used to improve its services by turning off the Improve the model for everyone setting.
DeepSeek's pages don't say so.
DeepSeek's privacy policy says data is kept while you have an account and may be kept for legal reasons, but gives no retention period after deletion.
Partly, according to DeepSeek's own pages.
DeepSeek's privacy policy says you can delete your account and chat history and deletion is permanent, but does not give a self-serve flow or list what is removed.
DeepSeek's pages don't say so.
DeepSeek's privacy policy and terms describe no temporary or private chat mode.
Leaving: what DeepSeek's pages say
Can you take your chats, files and projects with you, bring chats in from another AI, and cancel without losing them.
Partly, according to DeepSeek's own pages.
DeepSeek says you can copy or delete your chat history through your settings, but does not describe a full export or its format.
DeepSeek's pages don't say so.
DeepSeek's privacy policy does not say uploaded files or attachments are included in any copy of your chat history.
DeepSeek's pages don't say so.
DeepSeek's terms and policies describe no way to import chat history from another AI provider.
Yes, according to DeepSeek's own pages.
DeepSeek says you can chat with its models for free and lists no paid plan for the app, so there is no paid plan to cancel.
Price: what DeepSeek's pages say
Is every price and limit on a public page, is there a free plan, and do you hear about a price change before it lands.
Yes, according to DeepSeek's own pages.
DeepSeek says its app lets you chat with its models for free, and the page lists no paid consumer plan.
DeepSeek's pages don't say so.
DeepSeek's terms of use do not describe any usage limits for the free chat app.
Yes, according to DeepSeek's own pages.
DeepSeek says you can chat with its models in the app and on the web for free.
DeepSeek's pages don't say so.
DeepSeek's terms do not address price changes, saying only that revised terms take effect once announced.
What DeepSeek changed, dated, with the source
- 1 November 2026Notable
Server-side tool calls on the DeepSeek API, Search and Fetch, are billed at $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests from 00:00 Beijing time on 1 November 2026; they were free before. The deepseek-flash name now points to DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, and requests to the older deepseek-v4-flash names are served by it at the Flash price.
- 11 September 2026Minor
On September 10, DeepSeek's pricing page said that from September 14 requests to deepseek-v4-pro would be routed to V4.1-Flash and billed at the Flash price, as part of retiring V4 Pro. A day later the same page reversed the plan: V4 Pro API service continues after September 14 with billing unchanged, citing user demand. V4 Pro output stayed at $1.98 per million tokens off-peak and $3.96 peak.
See what DeepSeek actually remembers about you, as a map. In your browser, nothing leaves it.
See it as a mapSources: DeepSeek's pages, as read
- https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news250115/Checked 3 November 2026
- https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-terms-of-use.htmlChecked 3 November 2026
- https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-privacy-policy.htmlChecked 3 November 2026
- https://www.deepseek.com/en/download/Checked 3 November 2026