Pika: what deletion does
On what happens to uploads on deletion, Pika's terms read: no obligation to keep content beyond the limits set by your plan. As of 2026-09-25.
Pika has no obligation to retain any User Content beyond the limits set by your Plan or applicable policies.
Pika, terms of service
- Storage and retentionNo obligation to keep content beyond the limits set by your plan
1What “kept only within plan or storage limits” means here
Storage limits cut both ways: the tool may remove content once a plan's limit is reached, and does not promise to keep it longer. A copy of the manuscript belongs somewhere else.
2Other tools with this reading
Luma and OpenArt have the same reading, which makes 3 of the 24 tools.
Terms of service change without notice, so the current version on the tool's site governs.
3Why it matters for a book
Deletion and licence are separate. Removing a project may end the copy the tool keeps for you without ending the licence already granted, and copies others made of public work stay where they are.
4Pika on the other clauses
- Rights you promise to hold: Not stated in the terms read
- Licence you grant the tool: Worldwide, transferable and sublicensable
- Uploads used for training: Not stated in the terms read
- Handling of infringement: A notice-and-takedown route
- Whether uploads go public: Public only if you share it
| Tool | Reading |
|---|---|
| Animaker | Not stated in the terms read |
| CapCut | Deleted with the account |
| Descript | Not stated in the terms read |
| Fliki | Not stated in the terms read |
| Hedra | Not stated in the terms read |
| HeyGen | Not stated in the terms read |
| Higgsfield | Kept for a set period, then deleted |
| invideo | Not stated in the terms read |
| Kling AI | Deleted with the account |
| Krea | Deleted with the account |
| Krikey AI | Kept after deletion, in some form |
| Luma | Kept only within plan or storage limits |
| MagicLight | Not stated in the terms read |
| OpenArt | Kept only within plan or storage limits |
| Pictory | Not stated in the terms read |
| Pika | Kept only within plan or storage limits |
| PopShort | Not stated in the terms read |
| Revid | Not stated in the terms read |
| Runway | Not stated in the terms read |
| SceneMixer | Deleted with the account |
| Story.com | Kept after deletion, in some form |
| Topview | Kept for a set period, then deleted |
| Vidu | Not stated in the terms read |
| Vyond | Not stated in the terms read |
Inclusion rule. Every tool on the register, with or without its own page on this clause. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.