The One Claude Switch That Decides If Your Code Is Kept for 5 Years
On Free, Pro and Max plans, one privacy switch decides if your chats and coding sessions help train the next Claude and are kept for 5 years, or are kept for just 30 days. Where it is, what it covers, and what it does not change
If you use Claude on a Free, Pro or Max plan, one switch in your privacy settings decides what happens to your chats and your Claude Code sessions after you close them.
Switch on: they can be used to train future Claude models and are kept for 5 years. Switch off: they are kept for 30 days. Claude works exactly the same either way.
What the switch changes
| Switch ON | Switch OFF | |
|---|---|---|
| Used to train new Claude models | Yes, chats and coding sessions | No |
| How long Anthropic keeps them | 5 years | 30 days |
| Covers Claude Code | Yes (Free, Pro, Max sign-ins) | Yes |
| How Claude works for you | Same | Same |
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