FAQ
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Why is some of my contact data stale, missing or incorrect?
Clay compiles data from multiple sources and refreshes profile data millions of times a day. The refresh rate varies based on several factors, including how frequently...
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What happens when I delete a contact outside of Clay?
Clay creates and maintains its own database of your network based on your connected accounts. When you connect an integration like LinkedIn or Apple Contacts, Clay imp...
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Why do I get two notifications for birthdays on my phone?
iOS, by default, sends calendar notifications for birthdays that appear in Contacts. Because Clay also sends birthday notifications, you may get one notification from ...
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Why can't I connect iMessage and Phone Log integrations to Clay?
There could be a number of reasons but most of the time, this is because you may have downloaded the app from the Mac App Store. We don't support the iMessage and Phon...
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Why does Clay require a credit card for free trials?
Requiring a valid credit card to access the platform allows us to filter out illegitimate users and prevent nasty stuff like spam and bots that take advantage of our d...
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Is there an option to permanently delete a contact instead of archiving it?
The most straightforward answer is no, there isn't an option to permanently delete a contact. To clarify, if you permanently delete a contact in Clay, it will only del...
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What are public profiles? Can I remove them?
Public Profiles are a feature Clay provides free of any charge that you can think of as a digital business card and share with others as you see fit. Each public profi...
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Is there a way to connect iMessage and Phone Log on iOS or Web?
Due to Apple's limitations, it's not possible for us to sync iMessage and Phone Log through Clay on iOS or Web. If Apple's restrictions change, we'd happily add that o...
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Why are some integrations only available on specific platforms?
We take privacy and security very seriously at Clay, and accordingly, we only connect with your data when we're confident we can keep it secure. If you'd like to read ...
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I'm missing calendar events in my Home.
The Home tab is intended to be a high-level view of the people you should be thinking about today, which includes people from calendar events, new people you've chatte...
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How do the email preference settings work?
There are two types of email-related actions you may take from Clay: Open an existing email thread or calendar invite from a person’s Moments. We link you to your me...
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How do I share feedback or make suggestions?
Thank you! Feedback is very useful and helps guide Clay's development. If you'd like a specific integration, please let us know in this form. If you've got a feature r...
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Why do some contacts remain after disconnecting an integration and selecting 'Delete' info?
Any contacts you've interacted with in Clay, meaning added to a Group or Starred, taken a Note on, set a Reconnect cadence for, etc won't be removed since you've creat...
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Is there any way to organize notes?
Not yet, but we're always interested in hearing how Clay members use notes to jot down information. If there's a way you'd like to organize your notes, let us know. ℹ️...
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Who has access to my notes?
Just you. Notes are private, encrypted, and not shared with the contact or any other Clay Members. Visit our Security and Privacy for more details. ℹ️ You can share y...
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Why is Reconnect showing me someone I just texted/emailed?
You may not have connected the account you used to contact that person. Feel free to integrate that account into Clay to make our systems more intelligent. If they’re ...
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Is there an Android version?
While we’d like to support Android in the future, we’re still a small team and are focused on building a quality experience for iOS right now.
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Why are emails showing up as names?
When you integrate your Google accounts such as Gmail and Google Calendar, Clay is able to see the emails you're interacting with, but we don't have permission to pull...
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Does Clay support Microsoft Exchange?
Likely not. The Microsoft email ecosystem is fairly complex and access to Exchange is usually restricted at an organization level. Some companies are migrating their E...
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How does Clay affect my iOS Contacts?
Given the sensitivity of contacts information, Clay has read-only access to your iOS Contacts, meaning it will update the data inside Clay to match what you have in yo...
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How do I remove an integration? What will happen to my data?
You can disconnect an account if you no longer want that account's associated information to show up in Clay, if you're losing access to the account, or if you want to...
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Why does the iMessage and Phone Log integration require full disk access?
One of our core philosophies with any connection is to ask for the minimum number of permissions or information necessary to make the experience magical. Recent versio...
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How do I edit my preferred email in Clay?
This is where we send your Daily Briefs and Weekly Digests. Go to Profile Icon in the top right, then Settings on Mac, Windows, Web, or iOS, then edit under Preferred ...
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What if my Apple ID isn’t the same as my Clay email?
No worries! This doesn’t break anything, so nothing to worry about here. Your AppleID is used to sign into Clay, but your Clay email is where all Clay correspondence g...
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Do you have a public roadmap?
We don’t share our roadmap publicly. If there are specific features you’re interested in, please reach out, and we’ll be happy to let you know as we build them out.
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What publications are included in Home?
What publications are included? New York Times Wall Street Journal Fast Company Slate Vox Axios Fortune Quartz Vanity Fair The Verge TechCrunch The New Yorker CNBC Bl...