{"version":"2.1.318","anchor":"cleanupperioddays-description-now-says-cleanup-only-affects","canonical_anchor":"cleanupperioddays-description-now-says-cleanup-only-affects","heading":"cleanupPeriodDays description says cleanup only deletes local data","tier":"notice","area":"Configuration","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.318\/e\/cleanupperioddays-description-now-says-cleanup-only-affects","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.318","markdown":"### `cleanupPeriodDays` description says cleanup only deletes local data\n\nThe description of `cleanupPeriodDays` now states that cleanup deletes data only on your computer, not anything Anthropic stores\n\n**What**\n\n`cleanupPeriodDays` is the setting that controls how many days Claude Code keeps transcripts (saved records of your conversations) before deleting them. Its built-in description now ends with one more sentence: \"Cleanup deletes data only on this computer, not anything stored by Anthropic.\"\n\n**Why**\n\nIt makes clear that this setting only controls copies on your own machine. It does not decide how long Anthropic keeps data on its servers.\n\n- Area: Configuration\n- Names: `cleanupPeriodDays`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}