A Note to Our Users

What changed

Source summary

Manus is separating from Meta and returning to independent operation. To comply with regulatory requirements in certain jurisdictions, Manus will delete user data generated after 29 December 2025 for affected users, with deletion occurring between 23-24 August 2026 (SGT); affected users will lose access to the platform for those two days. Affected users can back up their data until 22-23 August 2026 and restore it from 25 August 2026 onward; they will not be charged during the outage and will receive a welcome-back bonus upon restoration. Unaffected users do not need to take any action.

Why it matters to your work

Practical interpretation

If you or your team use Manus, check whether your account has activity generated after 29 December 2025 — those accounts will be temporarily locked and have that data deleted between 23-24 August as Manus separates from Meta, so back up anything important before 23 August. If your Manus usage predates that cut-off, no action is needed.

When this could help

The deletion window has passed (Aug 23-24 2026). Relevant now only for understanding Manus's corporate history and data governance posture when evaluating it as a tool.

Manus separated from Meta (which acquired it Dec 29 2025) and returned to independent operation. To comply with regulatory requirements, data generated by some users on or after Dec 29 2025 was scheduled for deletion on Aug 23-24 2026. Affected users had a backup window until 7:59am SGT Aug 23 2026 and a restoration portal opening 8:00am SGT Aug 25 2026. Unaffected users needed to take no action.

What to check

• Data not backed up before the deadline was deleted. The note does not detail what happens to unbacked-up data beyond deletion itself. Source ↗
• Data is stored in the US and Singapore. The change was not caused by a security incident. Source ↗