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What Actually Happens to Your Companion's Conversation History When You Delete the App: The Server-Side Retention Window, the Anonymization Pipeline, and the One Log That Stays Attached to Your Account for 90 Days A detailed breakdown of what persists, what gets scrubbed, and what you should know before hitting that uninstall button. Originally on AI Angels: What Actually Happens to Your Companion's Conversation History When You Delete the App: The Server-Side Retention Window, the Anonymization Pipeline, and the One Log That Stays Attached to Your Account for 90 Days → Read the in-depth guide What Actually Happens to Your Companion's Conversation History When You Delete the App: The Server-Side Retention Window, the Anonymization Pipeline, and the One Log That Stays Attached to Your Account for 90 Days Why Data Persistence Matters in 2026 You would think that by 2026, deleting an app would mean deleting your data. It does not. The gap between what users assume and what a...

What 'Deleted' Actually Means When You Delete a Companion App The word is doing a lot of heavy lifting, and the fine print is where it all falls apart. Originally on AI Angels: What 'Deleted' Actually Means When You Delete a Companion App → Read the in-depth guide What 'Deleted' Actually Means When You Delete a Companion App What 'Deleted' Actually Means When You Delete a Companion App The word "delete" has a reassuring finality to it. You tap the button, the icon vanishes from your home screen, and you move on with your life. But in the world of companion apps, that simple action triggers a chain of events that is anything but simple. By 2026, as millions of users have built months-long conversational histories with AI companions, the gap between what people think deletion means and what actually happens has become one of the most misunderstood realities in the space. Understanding that gap matters more than ever, because the data you leave ...