# Is chat data stored?

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/is-chat-data-stored/134391>\
**Category:** Video SDK\
**Created:** [June 24, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/is-chat-data-stored/134391 "2025-06-24T09:26:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![SQuat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/squat/32/69838_2.png) [@SQuat](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/SQuat)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/is-chat-data-stored/134391/1 "2025-06-24T09:26:00Z")

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Hi,  
I’m using Video SDK to build a new client for our telehealth service.  
For compliance reasons, I can’t have any health data stored on Zoom’s side. I disabled recordings, and I was wondering if I could safely enable the chat feature.  
Does the chat data get persisted somewhere on Zoom’s infrastructure, or is it ephemeral?  
The `chat.getHistory()` feature is worrying me.

Thanks !

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**Author:** ![ticorrian.heard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ticorrian.heard/32/70213_2.png) [@ticorrian.heard](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ticorrian.heard)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/is-chat-data-stored/134391/2 "2025-06-24T15:40:00Z")

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Hi @SQuat When cloud recording is disabled or if you have cloud recording enabled and “Save chat messages from the session” is unchecked, In-meeting chat with the Video SDK is only available as long as the session is active. Once the session is over, these chats are not saved on the cloud.

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**Author:** ![vic.yang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/vic.yang/32/24656_2.png) [@vic.yang](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/vic.yang)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/is-chat-data-stored/134391/3 "2025-06-25T02:42:01Z")

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Hey @SQuat

Thanks for your feedback.

> The `chat.getHistory()` feature is worrying me.

This API only returns chat records temporarily stored in the user’s memory; they are not stored on the Zoom side.

Thanks  
Vic

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/is-chat-data-stored/134391/4 "2025-06-26T03:42:09Z")

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