Learn About the Auto-Delete Meeting Feature

This guide walks you through the auto-delete meeting feature in Fireflies and how to configure it for yourself and your team.

Introduction to Auto-Delete Feature

The auto-delete meeting feature allows you to automatically delete past meetings after a specified period. It operates based on the meeting owner's settings:

• If the meeting owner has auto-delete turned ON, meetings will be deleted according to the owner's chosen retention period.

• If the meeting owner has auto-delete turned OFF, meetings will not be deleted, regardless of other participants' settings.

How to Enable Auto-Delete for Yourself

1. Go to the Fireflies web app and click the Settings from left side menu.

2. Navigate to Recording & Privacy (Personal tab) and scroll down to the Auto-delete meetings section.

3. Toggle on Auto-delete meetings.

4. Click the dropdown and select your preferred data retention period. You can choose from After 1 week up to After 1 year:

Fireflies will automatically delete meetings after the retention period. For example:

How to Enable Auto-Delete for Teammates (Admins Only)

1. Navigate to Settings and switch to the Team tab.

2. Navigate to Recording & Privacy and scroll down to the Auto-delete meetings section.

3. By default, this is set to Allow teammates to choose. Click the dropdown and select your preferred option for the entire workspace:

• Allow teammates to choose — Teammates can configure their own auto-delete settings

• Disable for all teammates — Turns off auto-delete for all workspace members

• After 1 week to After 1 year — Sets a fixed retention period for all workspace members' meetings, after which they will be automatically deleted