Clarifying wave deletion
June 22nd, 2010 | Published in Google Wave
In Google Wave, waves from which all participants have been removed are wiped from Google's servers permanently.
To be more specific: When you are removed from a wave that you have seen before, whether you remove yourself or someone else removes you, you are given a chance to acknowledge that you are OK being removed. At the top of such waves, there is a button that says "Delete my copy". Until you click this button, you keep a copy of the wave up until the point you've been removed.
You can keep that copy forever. We delete only waves where all participants have been removed, and none are keeping a copy.
Currently, "Delete my copy" does the same as moving the wave to trash, but this may change in the future. Previous releases of Google Wave did not have the "Delete my copy" button; moving to trash was the only way to delete your copy.
If you have questions, please visit our Help Forum.
To be more specific: When you are removed from a wave that you have seen before, whether you remove yourself or someone else removes you, you are given a chance to acknowledge that you are OK being removed. At the top of such waves, there is a button that says "Delete my copy". Until you click this button, you keep a copy of the wave up until the point you've been removed.
You can keep that copy forever. We delete only waves where all participants have been removed, and none are keeping a copy.
Currently, "Delete my copy" does the same as moving the wave to trash, but this may change in the future. Previous releases of Google Wave did not have the "Delete my copy" button; moving to trash was the only way to delete your copy.
If you have questions, please visit our Help Forum.