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How long does Meta AI keep your chats after you delete them?
thecontinuitylayer.com/your-data/meta-ai/how-long-chats-are-keptWhat Meta AI's own pages say happens to a deleted chat, and when it is gone.
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Docs grade · Says how long chats are kept after you delete them
3 November 2026
Checked on Meta's pages
Read from published docs, not a test we ran
Report a change →Meta's pages don't say so.
Meta's page does not state how long Meta AI chats are kept after you delete them.
Meta's own pageChecked 3 November 2026
https://about.fb.com/news/2023/09/privacy-matters-metas-generative-ai-features/How to do it in Meta AI
- 1.Your chats, prompts, images and videos, shown in History until you delete them.
- 2.Memories: details you share, such as where you live, your birthday or food preferences. In the Meta AI app you can see them under Settings > Memory.
- 3.Profile details such as your age and gender, and interests based on your activity across Meta's apps, used to personalize replies.
- 4.On Meta AI glasses, text transcripts and recordings of your voice, stored by default.
- 5.Your prompts, shared messages and feedback, which Meta may review by machine or by people.
Meta's pages give no retention period for text chats. Memory across chats was first described for one-to-one chats on WhatsApp and Messenger in the US and Canada.
Meta's own pagesChecked 24 October 2026
The test: Says how long chats are kept after you delete them
Look for the retention period after a chat or the account is deleted.
- ✓ Yes
- A stated number of days or hours for removal from its systems.
- ½ Partly
- A period is mentioned but vague, or only for some data.
- ✕ No
- No retention period stated.
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