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Character.AI's terms govern how you use the platform and make clear that the AI chatbot is not a professional and its responses should be treated as fiction, not advice. Your subscription renews automatically every month unless you cancel, and deleting your account permanently removes your Characters, chats, and messages. Using the AvatarFX feature requires you to consent to biometric data processing with a single tap.
Character.AI's Terms of Service establish the conditions under which users may access and use the platform, including consent mechanisms, content controls, account management, and payment obligations. The document expressly disclaims professional status for its AI chatbot and instructs users to treat all AI output as fiction rather than fact or advice. Character.AI reserves the authority to filter content, impose 24-hour chat suspensions for community guidelines violations, and permanently delete account data upon user-initiated deletion. Subscriptions auto-renew monthly, a biometric consent mechanism is embedded in the AvatarFX feature, a DMCA takedown protocol governs intellectual property claims, and updated terms take effect 30 days after notice with continued use constituting acceptance.
Users are explicitly told not to rely on chatbot output for professional guidance and to treat it as fiction. If you activate AvatarFX, tapping 'Agree and Continue' constitutes consent to biometric data processing. Deleting your account is permanent and irreversible — Characters, chats, and messages cannot be recovered afterward. Subscriptions renew automatically each month, including at the full stated price once any free period ends, until you affirmatively cancel. A conversation that violates community guidelines triggers an automatic 24-hour suspension of chat access. Updated terms take effect 30 days after notice; if you continue using the service after that window, you are bound by the new terms — users who do not agree should stop using the service before the 30-day period ends.
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19 important changes detected
22 versions captured · Last updated: July 2026
In an update detected on July 17, 2026, Character.AI modified UI text and workflow descriptions in its Terms of Service related to Lorebook (contextual world-building) features. The changes clarify that …
View change record →Character.ai updated its Terms of Service on July 16, 2026 with minor refinements to product interface language. The changes include: adding clarification that keyword matching in Lorebooks is case-insensitive, enabling …
View change record →Character.AI's Terms of Service in an update detected on July 15, 2026 added new user interface language related to a summer-themed chat feature and model selection options. The changes include …
View change record →Character.AI's Terms of Service was updated in an update detected on July 14, 2026, with 3 sentences added and 6 sentences modified. The diff provided shows changes to interface text, …
View change record →Character.AI updated its Terms of Service on July 11, 2026, incorporating new in-app product offerings into its Charms currency system. The updated terms now explicitly reference 'series episode', 'fm episode', …
View change record →Character.AI updated its Terms of Service on July 10, 2026, modifying language describing Lorebook features, error messages, and interface text. The changes primarily involve rewording UI labels and confirmation messages, …
View change record →Character.AI updated its Terms of Service on July 8, 2026. The detected changes consist of three minor modifications to underlying page metadata and UI labeling strings, including a typo correction …
View change record →Character.AI updated its Terms of Service on July 3, 2026 with 2 sentence additions and 10 sentence modifications. The changes include new UI text strings and localization updates, such as …
View change record →Character.AI updated its Terms of Service on July 2, 2026, but the detected change consists only of technical metadata updates to the HTML document structure (build IDs and asset references). …
View change record →Character.AI updated its Terms of Service on July 1, 2026, modifying language related to subscription billing disclosures, ad-break messaging, and Lorebook feature descriptions. The change removed explicit statements about auto-renewal …
View change record →Character.AI updated its Terms of Service on June 30, 2026 with technical backend changes (stylesheet and script bundle updates) and localization additions. The detected modifications include new UI language strings …
View change record →Character.AI's Terms of Service was updated on June 24, 2026 with minor technical and interface adjustments. The changes include reordering of font resource links, addition of a new user interface …
View change record →Character.AI updated its Terms of Service on June 21, 2026, with changes to interface text and internal build identifiers. The detected modifications involved adjustments to UI messaging, feature descriptions, and …
View change record →Character.AI's Terms of Service were updated on June 21, 2026 with minor wording changes to metering and paywall messaging. The update modified how users are notified when they reach usage …
View change record →Character.AI updated its Terms of Service on June 19, 2026 with changes to user interface language and content moderation workflows. The update adds new status notifications for Lorebook content under …
View change record →Character.AI updated its Terms of Service on June 18, 2026 with changes primarily to user interface language strings and content policy enforcement mechanisms. The updated terms added new UI labels …
View change record →Character.AI's Terms of Service document appears to have been corrupted or improperly captured during the June 16, 2026 update. The 'AFTER' version contains HTML metadata and Next.js framework code rather …
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