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. When you confirm deletion:
- Your database record is removed.
- The deletion cascades from it: connections, briefings, messages, derived metadata, and the encryption key tied to your account.
- Files in cloud storage are purged in a follow-on cleanup, typically within minutes.
Deletion is not an archive or a deactivation. Copies held in database backups, and a narrow set of operational records, clear on their own rotation schedules rather than at the moment you confirm. The Privacy Notice carries the retention table and the deletion mechanics.
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 holds an encrypted view of them, and deletion removes it.