Anything you post on Craigslist gives the company a permanent, unlimited right to use, copy, share, and create new works from your content — and you cannot take that permission back.
This analysis describes what Craigslist's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
This license has no expiration date and cannot be revoked, meaning content you post remains licensed to Craigslist even if you delete your account or request removal of the post.
Interpretive note: Enforceability of the irrevocable license may be constrained by GDPR or CCPA erasure rights where posted content constitutes personal data, and the interaction between contractual license terms and statutory deletion rights depends on jurisdiction-specific enforcement.
Users who post listings, photos, or text on Craigslist grant the company an irrevocable right to use that content indefinitely, which may conflict with expectations about content deletion and could interact with statutory erasure rights available to EU or California users under applicable privacy law.
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"You grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, unlimited, worldwide, fully paid/sublicensable license to use, copy, display, distribute, and make derivative works from content you post.Excerpt from Craigslist's Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates GDPR Article 17 (right to erasure) for EU-resident users and CCPA deletion rights for California residents.
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This license has no expiration date and cannot be revoked, meaning content you post remains licensed to Craigslist even if you delete your account or request removal of the post.
Users who post listings, photos, or text on Craigslist grant the company an irrevocable right to use that content indefinitely, which may conflict with expectations about content deletion and could interact with statutory erasure rights available to EU or California users under applicable privacy law.
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