Fact · Voice privacy and security
Trace's privacy policy says its recordings and transcripts remain on the user's Mac until the user deletes them. 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
“All recordings and transcripts remain on your Mac until you delete them.”
Privacy: Trace, Trace, Trace (traceapp.info), 2026, Data retention and deletion.
Open the original- What it measures
- This is the policy's general rule for Trace on the Mac. The policy names one exception, the raw audio cleanup in Preferences, which has its own fact.
- What it does not show
- The policy gives no period in days. It does not say whether people review recordings. A custom AI endpoint, if the user sets one, is covered by that provider's own terms.
In the data
A row of How Long Voice Assistants Keep Your Recordings, as Trace on Mac, until you delete: remain on your Mac until you delete them days.
- Service
- Trace by FSCharter Ltd.
- What is kept
- Audio and transcripts
- When
- By default
- Reviewed by people
- Not stated
- As of
- 2026-10
- Note
- No period in days: the policy keeps them until the user deletes them. Review is not stated; the policy says no audio or transcripts are sent anywhere unless the user points the AI features at a custom endpoint.