Archive · 30 Jul 2026
Claude AI Chats Found Publicly Indexable on Google and Bing
Some people use a chatbot called Claude to talk to a computer.
They thought their chats were private, but they found out that if they share a link, anyone can see them on Google or Bing.
The company that made Claude, Anthropic, said it had fixed some problems, but many chats were still visible.
Experts say that sharing links can let strangers read your private messages.
If you want to keep your chats private, you can delete the public links in the Claude app settings.
Users discovered Claude AI chat logs searchable via Google and Bing.
Public share links allow anyone to view conversations, making them indexable.
Anthropic updated robots.txt but many chats lacked noindex tags.
Privacy experts warn that link sharing can expose personal data to the web.
Users can delete public threads in Claude settings to protect privacy.
- Who
- Claude AI users, Anthropic, privacy experts
- What
- Discovery that Claude chat logs are searchable on Google and Bing
- When
- July 26, 2023
- Where
- Online via Google and Bing search results
- Why
- Public share links and lack of noindex tags expose chats to the web
- Platform
- Claude AI
- Company
- Anthropic
- Issue
- Publicly searchable chat logs
- Affected users
- Claude users
- Resolution
- Delete public threads via settings