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title: "Temporary memories (that expire on their own)"
url: https://memocore.ai/memos/6a55ecd1fcb359b0f635da60
project: "Memocore Knowledge Base"
tags: "features"
updated_at: "2026-07-14T08:01:21.801Z"
---

# Temporary memories (that expire on their own)

Sometimes a memory should not stick around forever - a short-lived reminder, a temporary code, a note that only matters this week. Memocore lets you give a memo a lifetime.

Just say how long it should live when you save or update it, in plain language - for example "Remember for 2 hours that the wifi code is 4821" or "Save this for 3 days." You can use minutes, hours, days or weeks, up to a year.

When the time is up, the memo automatically moves to your deleted items - it stops showing up in search and recall, exactly as if you had deleted it yourself. From there it follows the normal path: it is kept for 45 days and can be restored if you still need it, then erased for good.

Good to know:
- You can remove a lifetime later and make a memo permanent again - just tell your AI, for example "Keep my wifi note permanently."
- If you restore a memo that had already expired, give it a new lifetime or make it permanent - otherwise it will expire again shortly.
- A memo with no lifetime set simply stays until you delete it yourself.