Slack to delete chats and files from free workspaces at end of August


Pay up or we'll delete your chats: Slack is taking a slightly more aggressive tone with free users and says it will block anything older than 90 days and delete anything one year old unless the account pays for a subscription. — Photo: Zacharie Scheurer/dpa

SAN JOSE: Slack users who don't want their chat history and files to be deleted will have to pay for it, the company has announced.

The corporate chat platform says it will begin deleting messages and files older than a year from free workspaces from August 26 onwards - unless the users subscribe to a paid plan.

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