> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://askeditor.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Data retention

> How long material, outputs, and canvases live, and why retention is product behavior here.

<Info>
  Retention matters more on AskEditor than on a typical media API, because of
  the editable canvas: **a delivered canvas can reference your original
  uploads directly** (that's what makes it losslessly editable). If the
  source material expires, the mp4 remains but parts of the canvas would
  degrade. Read this page before building retention-sensitive workflows.
</Info>

## Current policy

* **Material (your uploads)**: retained while your account is active.
* **Rendered outputs (`finalUrl`)**: retained; a canvas always keeps the
  flat mp4 as its fallback, so a canvas remains a working video even if a
  referenced source disappears.
* **Canvases**: live in your account like any project; open and edit them
  any time.
* **Deletion**: deleting material from your library removes it from
  storage; canvases referencing it fall back to their flat render.

<Warning>
  Formal retention windows (per plan tier) will be published here before
  self-serve keys go live. Nothing shortens silently: policy changes are
  announced in the changelog first.
</Warning>