Data Retention
How long DocWise.ai keeps your files, translations and account data, and how deletion works.
Last updated: 2026-10-31
| Data | Kept for | Then | |---|---|---| | Uploaded file, translated files, viewer page images, quality report | Free: 7 days. Paid plans: 30 days from upload | Deleted automatically from storage and from the translation engine | | Translation engine working copies (parsed document, intermediate results) | Same as the document | Deleted with it | | Translation memory (re-used translations of identical paragraphs, so a revised version of your document is faster and cheaper) | Same as the document | Deleted with it | | Job records (file name, format, languages, page count, credits charged, status) | While your account exists | Deleted with the account | | Payment and order records | As long as tax law requires (typically 7 years) | Deleted | | Error reports (no document content) | 90 days | Deleted by Sentry | | Server logs (no document content) | 30 days | Rotated |
Deleting things yourself
- A document: Library → ⋯ → Delete. The source file, every output, the viewer data and the engine's copies are removed at once; download links stop working immediately.
- Your account: Settings → Profile → Delete account. All documents and translations are deleted; job records go with the account.
AI providers
The AI models we use keep nothing: every request is sent with zero data retention to endpoints that do not store prompts or outputs (see the Privacy Policy).
Backups
Database backups (account and billing records, not your files) are kept for 14 days and then overwritten. Deleted records disappear from backups within that window.