Anonymous chat: what is shown, what is kept, and for how long

In a text chat the other person receives your nickname, your avatar, any interests you picked and what you type. Our server relays each message, so their browser does not learn your IP address. Their screen is never sent your country, gender, email or real name. One limit: someone using a Premium gender or country filter learns that you fit it, which reveals the gender you told us or the country your connection comes from.

A voice call is different. To connect directly, the two browsers exchange network addresses, including your public IP address, as in any browser call. When a direct path fails, the audio goes through a relay server run by us or by Cloudflare. To keep your IP address to yourself, use text.

Stranger chats: our server keeps the last 30 messages for 24 hours from the first one, so a report can be checked. Calls: our servers store no audio unless you report. On the website your browser holds the last 60 seconds of the other person's audio in memory and sends it only if you tap Report. That clip is deleted within 7 days; a clip a moderator confirms as a child-safety or under-18 case is kept 1 year from the confirmation, or longer if extended.

Reports and safety records: 12 months, or longer while a ban or an open review depends on them. A record that a chat happened (when and how long, no words) stays until one of the two accounts is deleted, then goes within a day. A guest account is deleted after 30 days without use. Encrypted backups can hold any of this for up to about 8 weeks.

The other person can screenshot or copy what you send. Bans hold by device and network, not by nickname. Like any website, we see the IP address you connect from: we keep the latest one with your session, and our logs keep it for a limited time, to enforce bans and stop abuse. A free account adds your email address, kept until you delete your account. The privacy policy lists every item; see also how Report and Block work.