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Claude Code auto-deletes sessions; users can adjust settings or use search tools

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Claude Code, a tool for developers, automatically deletes old sessions after 30 days by default, with no warning or recycle bin. Users can prevent this by increasing the `cleanupPeriodDays` setting in `~/.claude/settings.json` to a large number like 3650. Additionally, the `/resume` command may not display all sessions, only showing those from the current project and matching titles rather than content. For more robust searching of session content, users can employ `grep` on the session files or use the open-source CLI tool `ccback`. AI

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Claude Code auto-deletes sessions; users can adjust settings or use search tools

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  1. dev.to — Claude Code tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Aditya Ghadge ·

    Claude Code sessions disappeared? It deletes them after 30 days

    <p>if an old claude code session is missing from <code>/resume</code>, there are two possible reasons. it was deleted, or it's still there and the picker just can't find it</p> <h2> 1. claude code deletes old sessions after 30 days </h2> <p>claude code saves every session as a <c…

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