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How Claude remembers your project changed

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391391Auto memory is machine-local. All worktrees and subdirectories within the same git repository share one auto memory directory. Files are not shared across machines or cloud environments.
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393Claude Code deletes old session transcripts after the [`cleanupPeriodDays`](/docs/en/settings-reference#cleanupperioddays) retention period, but excludes the files in the memory directory from that [retention sweep](/docs/en/claude-directory#cleaned-up-automatically). `MEMORY.md` and topic files stay until you or Claude edits or deletes them.
393Claude Code deletes old session transcripts after the [`cleanupPeriodDays`](/docs/en/settings-reference#cleanupperioddays) retention period, but excludes the memory files in the memory directory from that [retention sweep](/docs/en/claude-directory#cleaned-up-automatically). `MEMORY.md` and topic files stay until you or Claude edits or deletes them.
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395395### How it works
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