Exporting your data
You can request an export of your Brief data at any time. Contact the team and the export will be prepared and delivered to you.
Deleting your account
If you ever want to leave, your data leaves with you. To start it, see Delete your account and data.
Account deletion in Brief is permanent and immediate. When you confirm deletion:
- Your database record is removed.
- Everything connected to it is removed in a cascading delete: connections, briefings, messages, derived metadata, and the encryption key tied to your account.
- Files in cloud storage are purged in a follow-on cleanup that runs within minutes.
There is no soft-delete. There is no retention period. Once deletion is confirmed, the data is gone and cannot be recovered, including by Brief.
If you delete your account, your originals in Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, Microsoft Calendar, Google Chat, Zoom, and elsewhere are unaffected. Brief never owned them. Brief held an encrypted, expiring view of them, which is now gone.