Private by default.

A plain-English promise, and exactly where your words go when you ask an AI.

Recall runs on your Mac Your mail, chats and meetings are read and organised on your own machine.

No Recall servers, no account, no analytics There is nothing to sign up for, and nothing reports back to us.

Your data is plain files Mail, notes and memory live as files on your Mac that you can open, move or delete.

Nothing is sent without your yes Email, Teams or iMessage: every message is shown in full and needs your approval, every time.

Who trains on your data?

Recall itself never trains on anything. The engine you choose might. Here's each one, and how to switch it off.

EngineTypeTrains on your data?How to opt outSource

ClaudeSubscription (Claude Code)Only if the training setting is on. You choose.Turn the setting off. Retention is 30 days if off and 5 years if on.Privacy controls

ChatGPTSubscription (Codex)Follows “Improve the model for everyone”, which also covers Codex tasks on personal plans.Turn it off in ChatGPT, or choose “Do not train on my content” in the Privacy Portal. Codex has a separate “Include environments” setting.Data controls · Privacy Portal

AnthropicAPINo, unless your organisation opts in, for example through the Development Partner Program.Nothing to do. Standard retention is 30 days.Anthropic data usage

OpenAIAPINo, unless you opt in to share data.Nothing to do. Abuse-monitoring logs are kept for up to 30 days.OpenAI: your data

Google GeminiAPIFree quota: yes, and people may read it. Paid: no. In the UK, EEA and Switzerland the paid terms apply to every use, including free quota.Use a paid (billed) project, or use it from the UK, EEA or Switzerland.Gemini API terms

OpenRouterAPIDepends on the provider each request is routed to.Turn off training in your OpenRouter privacy settings, or set data_collection to deny on a request.Provider logging

Ollama, LM StudioLocalNo. Local models run on your Mac.Nothing to opt out of. Ollama’s separate cloud models run on ollama.com instead.Ollama cloud models

Checked against each provider’s own pages on 22 Oct 2026. Terms change, so the linked pages are the source of truth. Recall itself never trains on anything.

Settings › Privacy

Recall shows each engine's training status in Settings › Privacy, so you know before you ask. A switch stops Recall sending anything to engines that train.

Crash reports · opt-in

Off unless you turn it on. You see exactly what's sent, with names, email text and keys stripped out. Reports help us fix bugs fast.

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