CapCut: a perpetual licence and deletion with the account
CapCut's terms state four of the six upload clauses. Rights you promise to hold: you must hold all rights, licences and permissions for inputs sent to its AI tools. Licence you grant the tool: a perpetual, worldwide, transferable and sublicensable licence over user content. Not stated: training use and visibility. As of 2026-09-25.
| Tool | Training |
|---|---|
| Animaker | Not stated in the terms read |
| CapCut | Not stated in the terms read |
| Descript | May be used for training |
| Fliki | Not stated in the terms read |
| Hedra | Not stated in the terms read |
| HeyGen | May be used for training |
| Higgsfield | May be used for training |
| invideo | Kept out of training |
| Kling AI | Not stated in the terms read |
| Krea | Not stated in the terms read |
| Krikey AI | May be used for training |
| Luma | Used during paid use |
| MagicLight | Not stated in the terms read |
| OpenArt | Not stated in the terms read |
| Pictory | Used in aggregate to improve the service |
| Pika | Not stated in the terms read |
| PopShort | Not stated in the terms read |
| Revid | Not stated in the terms read |
| Runway | May be used for training |
| SceneMixer | Kept out of training |
| Story.com | May be used for training |
| Topview | Used unless you opt out |
| Vidu | May be used for training |
| Vyond | Kept out of training |
Inclusion rule. All 24 tools on the register, each with what its terms say about training on uploads. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.
- Warranty
- You warrant you hold the rights
- Licence
- Perpetual and transferable
- Training
- Not stated in the terms read
- Infringement
- A notice-and-takedown route
- Visibility
- Not stated in the terms read
- Deletion
- Deleted with the account
1What its terms say
CapCut's terms ask users to make sure they hold every right and permission for inputs sent to its AI tools, and take a perpetual, worldwide, transferable and sublicensable licence over user content. Infringement notices go through a report button or a web form, and once an account is deleted its content cannot be retrieved.
Rights you promise to hold: You warrant you hold the rights
You must ensure that you have all necessary rights, licenses, and permissions to provide inputs to the third-party AI technologies or APIs
CapCut, terms of service
- AI featuresYou must hold all rights, licences and permissions for inputs sent to its AI tools
CapCut on this clause · Rights you promise to hold, every tool
Licence you grant the tool: Perpetual and transferable
you grant to the Company and its affiliates a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual and worldwide license to use your User Content
CapCut, terms of service
- User contentA perpetual, worldwide, transferable and sublicensable licence over user content
CapCut on this clause · Licence you grant the tool, every tool
Uploads used for training: Not stated in the terms read
- Terms read; not statedNot stated in the terms read (2026-09-25)
Uploads used for training, every tool
Handling of infringement: A notice-and-takedown route
You may also submit a copyright infringement notification to us
CapCut, terms of service
- Intellectual propertyCopyright infringement notices through a report button or a web form
CapCut on this clause · Handling of infringement, every tool
Whether uploads go public: Not stated in the terms read
- Terms read; not statedNot stated in the terms read (2026-09-25)
Whether uploads go public, every tool
What deletion does: Deleted with the account
once you choose to delete your account, you will not be able to reactivate your account, retrieve any of your account data, or any of the content or information you have uploaded
CapCut, terms of service
- Account deletionAccount data and content cannot be retrieved once the account is deleted
CapCut on this clause · What deletion does, every tool
2Related terms pages
A dated reading of the terms, not legal advice: method.
3Terms read
- CapCut, terms of service, read 2026-09-25