Claude 'incognito' chat uploads are listed and can reopen the full private chat
danegnor · reddit · 2026-09-12
A user discovered that files uploaded in Claude's incognito chats (personal accounts) appear in Settings > Privacy > Uploaded Files, each with a 'Chat' source link that reopens the entire original incognito conversation.
- This contradicts Anthropic's advice that incognito chats are lost once closed; Anthropic doesn't consider it a bug since viewing requires being logged in.
- Risky for shared accounts or anyone uploading sensitive documents (health records, government files, personal photos).
- Files aren't visible to other chats and can be manually deleted; whether they're scrubbed after 30 days is unclear.
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