Anthropic announced that Claude now has a unified memory system shared between chat and Claude Cowork, allowing users to view, edit, or delete memory topics in Settings. The feature is enabled by default on Free, Pro, and Max plans, and users can save specific information by saying "remember this."
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Anthropic introduces Claude's unified memory, spanning chats and Claude Cowork, allowing users to view, edit, or delete memory topics in settings, with sensitive topics not recorded by default.
On August 25, 2026, Anthropic announced that Claude now has unified memory across chats and Claude Cowork. According to the official X post, when users delegate tasks to Cowork, it starts with information Claude already knows from chats, such as discussed projects, manager preferences, or last quarter's clients.
The core of this feature is eliminating context fragmentation across products, enabling Claude to carry over conversation history across different interfaces. The official description emphasizes "one memory," indicating this is an integration of existing memory systems rather than a new standalone memory.
The official post details how memory is managed: everything Claude remembers is stored as a list of topics in settings, where users can read, edit, or delete each one. This design clearly puts control in the user's hands, aligning with the promise that "you decide what's inside."
Memory not only updates automatically with chats, saving new details, but also supports explicit saving by saying "remember this." This provides both automatic and manual paths for memory writing, balancing convenience and precision.
For potentially sensitive topics like health and religious beliefs, the official statement says these are not saved to memory by default, unless users actively enable this in settings. This mechanism aims to reduce privacy risks, giving users the final say on storing sensitive information.
Memory is enabled by default on Free, Pro, and Max plans, and users can view it anytime in the "Memory" section of settings. The official also provides a detailed explanation page to guide users through the feature's specifics.
This report is based on content from Anthropic's official X account, a first-party source. All feature descriptions come from official statements but have not been independently verified; actual experience may vary by version or region.
Claude's unified memory bridges context between chats and Cowork, while emphasizing user control and privacy through editable topic lists and default exclusion of sensitive topics.
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