Fact · Voice privacy and security
7days
HoldToType's reference gives 10080 minutes, which is 7 days, as the default time a dictation history entry lives before it is removed.
Checked against its source on October 26, 2026
In the source's own words
“key what it does default ... history_keep_min How long an entry lives, in minutes. 10080”
HoldToType docs: config.json, command line, files and ports, Vitalii Yemets, HoldToType (holdtotype.com), 2026, Table: history, interface, updates.
Open the original- What it measures
- History is a text-only list of dictations. It is off by default. The history documentation says the user sets how long entries stay, and gives five minutes and thirty days as examples; the setting also has a count limit, and whichever limit comes first applies. Who can read the history: the privacy page says there is no server of the author's to send it to.
- What it does not show
- The 7 days is the shipped default, not a maximum: the user can change the time in the settings window or in config.json. The history is off unless the user turns it on, so no entries are kept by default.
In the data
A row of How Long Voice Assistants Keep Your Recordings, as HoldToType history, if on: 7 days.
- Service
- HoldToType
- What is kept
- Transcripts
- When
- If you opt in
- Reviewed by people
- No
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- 10080 minutes is 7 days (the shipped default).