> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Public for 30 days

> Each test is public, then removed automatically.

Each test that Faxbeep receives is public for 30 days. Anyone can open it on faxbeep.com. Then Faxbeep removes it automatically. You do not need to do anything.

## What is public

* The pages of the fax or the scan, as an image and as a PDF.
* The date and time it arrived, and the page count.
* The sender, in a masked form. For a fax by phone, part of the number is hidden. For a test by email, only a masked form of the address shows, for example `s***@c***.gov`. See [How the sender shows](/results/sender).

The sender ID that your machine prints at the top of each page is part of the image, so it is not masked. Faxbeep never shows the subject or the message text of an email test.

## When a test is removed

Faxbeep counts the 30 days from the time the test arrived. It removes the test shortly after the 30 days end, not at the exact minute.

When a test is removed:

* The PDF and the image of the pages are deleted.
* The test is no longer in the list of test results on faxbeep.com.
* Its page stays at the same URL, but shows only a message.

To remove a test sooner, see [Remove a fax](/privacy/remove-a-fax).

## What the URL shows after removal

| How the test was removed | Message on the page |
| - | - |
| Automatically, after 30 days | This fax has been removed per our privacy policy. |
| Earlier, on a request | This fax has been removed per user request. |

The page answers with the HTTP status 410 (Gone).

Faxbeep keeps a record of the test with no pages on it, for example the sender, the date and the page count. Only Faxbeep staff can see it. For the details, see the [privacy policy](https://faxbeep.com/privacy).

## The states of a test

```mermaid theme={null}
stateDiagram-v2
    state "Could not be processed" as Failed
    [*] --> Received
    Received --> Processing
    Processing --> Published
    Processing --> Failed
    Published --> Removed
    Failed --> Removed
    Removed --> [*]
```

| State | What you see on faxbeep.com |
| - | - |
| Received, Processing | If the list of test results is open, it shows "Incoming fax...". The test is not in the list yet. |
| Published | The test is in the list, and its page shows the pages and the PDF. |
| Could not be processed | The test is in the list. Its page shows "This fax could not be processed. Please try sending again." |
| Removed | The test is not in the list. Its page shows one of the messages above. |

A test that could not be processed is also removed after 30 days.


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