Hello everyone, I want to report a concerning issue about how Google AI Studio handles chat deletions. After creating a chat and then deleting it through the AI Studio interface (which also removes the corresponding file from Drive), I would expect it to be fully gone. The problem: If I bookmarked…

I just tested this on my own profile, and indeed, after deleting a chat, it remains accessible via its direct URL. I decided to run a couple more tests based on your findings: Access from a different account on the same PC: I asked my brother to log into his Google account and access Google AI S…

Hi @Pym , Welcome to forum, thanks for flagging the issue. I was able to replicate the same, I will report back to team regarding the issue. Thank you!

Looks like these ‘deleted prompts’ now redirect to: https://aistudio.google.com/prompt-access-restricted - Title: “Not found | Google AI Studio” With the text: Prompt cannot be accessed. The requested prompt does not exist or you do not have access. If you believe the request is correct, make su…

Same thing happening with me, chats are accessible through urls

This issue still persists. If a chat contains images, those also remain accessible through the original URL, even after deleting them from Google Drive. That raises the question: why does AI Studio save everything to Drive at all, if the data is also stored separately on Google’s servers? This desig…

this thread started in April and is now November and still hasn’t been fixed. is there actually anybody on the other end of the line or are they just counting the money they’re making. my concern is are they actually getting code out of people so they can use it themselves

This is probably a feature and not a bug. You can see the deleted conversation in the trash of your Google Drive. Restoring it restores the chat in AI studio as well. This was helpful to me when I mistakenly deleted my chat. Although I haven’t tried it but I suspect deleting the conversation from…

Siva, the issue is not that you ‘reproduced’ the behavior. The issue is that you present it as if you just discovered it, when as a developer you obviously know exactly how this system works. The ‘Delete’ button does not delete anything. The chat still loads through the direct link, the Drive fil…

I have the exact opposite problem. I can’t read previous messages in my chat, no matter how hard I try, and I haven’t even turned on auto-delete.

[image] Siva_Sravana_Kumar_N: Hi @Pym , Welcome to forum, thanks for flagging the issue. I was able to replicate the same, I will report back to team regarding the issue. Thank you! Here is this THREAD, READ IT, MY FRIEND: https://discuss.ai.google.dev/t/google-illegally-retains-customer-da…

Deleted chats remain accessible via direct URL in Google AI Studio

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Deleted chats remain accessible via direct URL in Google AI Studio

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