Fact · Voice privacy and security
Trace's privacy policy says the user can choose to keep the raw audio, delete it as soon as the transcript is ready, or clear it after a window the user sets. It gives no number of days.
Quote found word for word on the live source, last checked October 22, 2026
In the source's own words
“The raw audio is the one thing Trace can tidy for you, and in Preferences you can keep it, delete it as soon as the transcript is ready, or clear it after a window you set.”
Privacy: Trace, Trace, Trace (traceapp.info), 2026, Data retention and deletion.
Open the original- What it measures
- The cleanup happens on the Mac. By default it removes only the audio, and the user can set it to clear the whole recording, with the transcript and summary, instead.
- What it does not show
- The window is set by the user, so the policy gives no fixed period. The policy does not say what Trace keeps after the cleanup beyond the transcript.
In the data
A row of How Long Voice Assistants Keep Your Recordings, as Trace raw audio cleanup options: delete it as soon as the transcript is ready, or clear it after a window you set days.
- Service
- Trace by FSCharter Ltd.
- What is kept
- Audio recordings
- When
- Other
- Reviewed by people
- Not stated
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- No fixed period: the user chooses when the raw audio is deleted. Review is not stated.