Is Manus safe for business data?
On personal accounts, Manus may use your data in de-identified form to improve its models, and in some places you can opt out only by email; on the Team plan, Manus says it never allows model training on your data.
Training, plan by plan
- Used for training: Personal (free and paid): used, de-identified; opt-out by email in some places.
- Not used for training: Team: not used.
What it does with your data
| Question | Personal (free and paid) | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Trains on your data by default? | Possibly. Manus says it may turn your data into de-identified form and use it to improve its models. Depending on where you live, you can opt out by emailing Manus; the policy names no setting for it. Read on October 24, 2026 · source: manus.im | No. Manus says it never allows model training on Team data and has agreements stopping its AI providers from using it. Read on October 24, 2026 · source: manus.im |
| How long chats are kept | Until you delete it: Manus removes deleted data within 30 days, unless it must keep it longer or it was already de-identified for improving its models. Task sandboxes are deleted after 7 days of inactivity on free plans and 21 days on paid plans. Read on October 24, 2026 · source: manus.im | Until you delete it: Manus removes deleted data within 30 days, unless it must keep it longer or it was already de-identified for improving its models. Task sandboxes are deleted after 7 days of inactivity on free plans and 21 days on paid plans. Read on October 24, 2026 · source: manus.im |
| Who can read them | Not confirmed. The pages we read do not say plainly who at Manus can see a personal account’s tasks. Not confirmed · page checked: manus.im, October 24, 2026 | Your team owner. Manus says a Team owner can see and export all members’ session data, including task steps and content; admins see part of it. Read on October 24, 2026 · source: manus.im |
| Where data is stored | In Singapore and elsewhere. Manus is based in Singapore and says your information may be sent to the United States and other countries. Read on October 24, 2026 · source: manus.im | In Singapore and elsewhere. Manus is based in Singapore and says your information may be sent to the United States and other countries. Read on October 24, 2026 · source: manus.im |
| How to delete | Email privacy@manus.im to ask Manus to close your account and delete the personal information in it. Read on October 24, 2026 · source: manus.im | Ask your Team owner or admin first; if there is no answer within 30 days, email privacy@manus.im. Read on October 24, 2026 · source: manus.im |
How to turn training off
- On a personal account, email privacy@manus.im to object to your data being used to improve its models, where your local law allows. Source: manus.im
- Remove any Connector or the Browser Operator extension you no longer need; removing one stops future access but does not delete what was already saved. Source: manus.im
Safer setup for a small team
Use a Manus Team plan for work, and think twice before connecting email, accounts, or a browser with saved logins.
Plan to approve: Manus Team plan
Setting to check: Only needed Connectors; no browser with saved logins
A line for your AI policy: Staff use Manus only on our Team plan. No customer accounts, passwords, or browsers with saved logins are connected.
Want this in your team’s AI policy? The SafeStart kit, a plain-English AI policy and training for small teams, is coming soon.
Questions about your own setup? Write to hello@terrapilgrim.org.
What changed
No changes recorded since we first published this page on October 24, 2026. Every change goes in the change log.
Sources (2)
- manus.im/privacy · read on October 24, 2026
“We may use such data to analyze, improve, develop and protect the Service, including to develop and improve our models and related technologies.”
- manus.im/team · read on October 24, 2026
“We never allow model training on your data.”
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