Can you pass on your Claude account when you die?
Anthropic PBC's terms forfeit a Claude account at death.
Protecting Claude accounts while the account is active
No beneficiary designation, accounts can only be redeemed, not transferred, and 9-step plan.
How to protect your Claude account while you are alive →Someone died. Handling Claude accounts after a death
Accounts are forfeited under the official terms, 6-step process, and 6 required documents.
What happens to a Claude account when someone dies →Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, offered as a free tier, Claude Pro and Claude Max, and the Team and Enterprise tiers of Claude for Work. An Anthropic account holds conversation history, Claude Projects, uploaded files, and artifacts.
Under Anthropic PBC's terms, a Claude account closes when the holder dies and nothing in it passes to anyone. Anthropic PBC allows no transfer of the account while the holder is alive.
What happens to Claude at death
- Forfeited at death
The Consumer Terms bar the user from transferring or assigning the account without Anthropic's prior written consent, and on termination Anthropic may at its option delete any Materials or other data associated with the account.1
Naming who acts after a death
- Designation
No legacy-contact or beneficiary feature exists on any Claude tier.2
Other companies and product lines involved3
- Anthropic Data Protection Officer
Privacy rights requests addressed to the Data Protection Officer3
Email: dpo@anthropic.com
- Anthropic API (Claude Platform console)
A separate API account with prepaid credits and the Balance Maintenance Service, under the Commercial Terms4
- Apple App Store and Google Play
Cancelling and refunding a subscription bought through Claude for iOS or Android5
Sources5
- 1.Consumer Terms of Service, effective October 8, 2025
- 2.Claude Help Center
- 3.Privacy Policy, effective September 10, 2026
- 4.Commercial Terms of Service, effective June 17, 2025
- 5.Cancel your Pro or Max subscription
Anthropic PBC publishes no process specific to a deceased person's account; a written request goes by email to privacy@anthropic.com. There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on a Claude account.
Sources
Data sourced from Anthropic PBC primary sources (13 pages reviewed). How we research.
Claude customer support
Anthropic Support (Claude Help Center)
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