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Re:Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web? by machinerychorus on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @07:06AM (#30084546)
There is a setting in one's Google account to keep one's data forever or automatically delete it after a certain time period, perhaps they changed it?

(side note: the title of this post is a little sensational imo. the past has always "disappeared". Don't forget that you will die some day and eventually there will be no trace of your existence)

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Re:Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web? by rPlayer6554 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @12:42PM (#30088758)
where is this setting?
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Re:Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web? by machinerychorus on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @02:06PM (#30090196)
In the "Activity Controls"[0] section of one's google account, there's an option for "auto-delete".

Now that I'm looking for it, I don't see Calendar listed as one of the products controlled here, but it might be grouped under GMail or something.

[0] https://myactivity.google.com/activitycontrols

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