AI tool privacy · CapCut (US: TikTok USDS Joint Venture)
CapCut and your company’s data
By David Michaelson, MS Last checked October 24, 2026
The short answer
CapCut’s US privacy policy says it uses your videos, images, and other content to train and improve its machine learning models, and the policy we read names no setting to turn that off.
Safer setup: Keep customer faces, names, and private footage out of CapCut, and use it only for content you would post publicly anyway.
The five answers
Each answer comes from CapCut’s own policy or help pages, with the link and the date we read it. Setting names are quoted exactly as CapCut writes them.
We could not confirm 2 answers on CapCut’s own pages. Those answers say so in plain words and link to the page we checked.
| Question | CapCut app, desktop, and web (US) |
|---|---|
| Trains on your data by default? | Yes. CapCut’s US privacy policy says it uses your information, including scanning and reviewing your content, to train and improve its machine learning models. The policy we read names no setting to turn this off. Read on October 24, 2026 Source: capcut.com |
| How long your data is kept | CapCut keeps information as long as it needs it to provide the service and for the other purposes in its policy, including improving the service. Files you store in Cloud Space are deleted when you ask. Read on October 24, 2026 Source: capcut.com |
| Who can see it | Not confirmed. The policy we read says CapCut shares information with service providers and business partners, but does not say plainly who can see your projects. Page checked: capcut.com, October 24, 2026 |
| Where data is stored | Not confirmed. The US policy says the service is run by TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC but does not say where your content is stored. Page checked: capcut.com, October 24, 2026 |
| How to delete | Send a request to know, access, correct, or delete your information through the contact methods in the policy. Read on October 24, 2026 Source: capcut.com |
Safer setup, step by step
- Only upload footage you are comfortable being analyzed, since CapCut says it scans and reviews user content. Source: capcut.com for this step
- To delete information CapCut holds about you, send a request through the contact methods in its privacy policy. Source: capcut.com for this step
What to write in your policy
CapCut is used only for public marketing videos. No customer footage, client files, or private recordings go into it.