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		machinerychorus on Jan 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web? There is a setting in one's Google account to keep one's data forever or automatically delete it after a certain time period, perhaps they changed it? (side note: the title of this post is a little sensational imo. the past has always "disappeared". Don't forget that you will die some day and eventually there will be no trace of your existence)

rPlayer6554 on Jan 26, 2022 [–]

where is this setting?

machinerychorus on Jan 26, 2022 | [–]

In the "Activity Controls"[0] section of one's google account, there's an option for "auto-delete".

Now that I'm looking for it, I don't see Calendar listed as one of the products controlled here, but it might be grouped under GMail or something.

[0] https://myactivity.google.com/activitycontrols

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