Claude Code

Stop Claude Code Deleting Your Old Chats After 30 Days

Claude Code quietly deletes old sessions after 30 days. The one settings line that keeps them, the number to use, where to put it, and the one catch to check first

Alex ChenAlex Chen@nocodealex · 50,000+ follow on Instagram
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By default Claude Code keeps your session transcripts for 30 days. After that a background sweep deletes them without showing a message, and the old session disappears from the /resume list.

Here's the one settings line that changes it.

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