𝗜 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝘆 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁. 𝗜𝘁 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿.
Your AI does more than help you write code. It builds a massive log of your work on your machine.
I wanted to clean my data before selling my laptop. I opened the Claude Code config directory. I expected to find an API key. Instead, I found a goldmine of private data.
Claude Code saved everything to ~/.claude/:
• history.jsonl: 695 lines of every prompt you typed. • sessions: Metadata for every chat. • shell-snapshots: Records of every command you ran. • telemetry: 63 files tracking your usage. • projects: 19 different directories containing your work.
I found passwords in the history. If you ask an AI "what was my database password?", it saves that answer forever.
Every project directory contains .jsonl files. One session file I opened had:
• 590 AI responses. • 272 internal reasoning steps. • 101 tool calls. • 208 file history snapshots.
The tool logs your system PATH, your installed tools, and your Java version. A buyer using free recovery software can find all of this even if you delete the files.
They can reconstruct:
• Your real name from PDF filenames. • Your project names and logic. • Your passwords from history entries. • Your tools and system setup.
It is a digital autobiography. This happens with Cursor, Cline, and Windsurf too. If an AI tool runs commands on your machine, it stores data.
Use this cleanup checklist to protect your privacy:
- Delete the entire ~/.claude/ directory to remove all history and keys.
- Delete .claude/ folders inside every project directory.
- Delete %APPDATA%\Claude Code\ to clear the application cache.
- Use a tool to overwrite free disk space to prevent recovery.
- Reset your operating system for a total wipe.
AI tools run two systems at once. You see a coding assistant. The machine sees a recording device. It logs every line, every question, and every file path.
Protect yourself:
• Daily: Delete old JSONL files in your project folders. • End of project: Check for hidden .claude/ directories. • Selling hardware: Use the full 5-step wipe. • Always: Never paste passwords or sensitive tokens into an AI.
This is not a bug. It is the design. Now you know.
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