Google AI Studio "Delete" doesn't delete – server chat persists (3 videos)
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I tested it by deleting a prompt, deleting the JSON file from Drive, and emptying the Trash. The file was fully gone.
Then I used Google’s official recovery tool.
The JSON came back — and the model instantly continued the conversation with full context.
This is only possible if the server‑side session and conversation were never deleted.
I recorded the entire process in 3 videos:
I also posted this finding under two official Google videos featuring Guillaume Vernade, so Google is aware of it: – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcWFc3H7Khg – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQfNbPCxQw
Raises questions about data retention, transparency, and GDPR compliance.
It is so easy to look at file size. If it's a link, it will be less than a kilobyte. If it's actual chat, it would be few kilobytes long, the longer the chat, the bigger the file. And yet there is nothing about file sizes in any of the messages.
Raises questions about competency of the person making those posts. Why are they making those crazy posts when in reality there is nothing untoward going on?