Key Takeaways
- To prevent ChatGPT from training its AI models using your data, access the ChatGPT site, click your profile icon, choose “Settings,” select Data Controls > Improve the Model for Everyone, and turn off the toggle.
- For Google Gemini, launch the site, click “Activity,” choose Turn Off > Turn Off and Delete Activity, and select Next > Delete.
- For Microsoft Copilot, access the site, click your profile icon, choose your account name, select “Privacy,” and turn off both “Model Training on Text” and “Model Training on Voice” options.
If you don’t want AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, Meta, Grok, and Copilot to train their models from your data, you can opt out. I’ll show you how to do that on these platforms from your desktop or mobile phone.
On ChatGPT
ChatGPT offers a straightforward option to prevent its AI models from using your data for training. Here’s how you can use that option. And, you can re-enable the option any time you want.
On Desktop
Open your preferred web browser and access the ChatGPT site. Sign in to your account if you haven’t already done so. From the site’s top-right corner, select your profile icon and click “Settings.”
In the Settings window, from the left sidebar, select “Data Controls.” On the right pane, choose “Improve the Model for Everyone.”
In the Model Improvement window, turn off the “Improve the Model for Everyone” option. Then, click “Done.”
In the future, to allow ChatGPT to use your data to train its AI models, turn on the “Improve the Model for Everyone” toggle. You’re all set!
On Mobile
Open the ChatGPT app on your phone and tap the two horizontal lines in the top-left corner. Scroll through the open menu to the bottom and choose your account name. Then, select “Data Controls.”
On the Data Controls page, turn off the “Improve the Model for Everyone” toggle.
To allow ChatGPT to train its AI models using your data again, turn on the “Improve the Model for Everyone” toggle. You’re done.
On Google Gemini
On Google Gemini, you can turn off your app activity, which prevents the platform’s AI models from learning by using your data. Note that Google still stores your data for up to 72 hours.
On Desktop
Launch your favorite web browser and access Google Gemini. Sign in to your account on the site if you haven’t already. Then, from the site’s top-left corner, select the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines). In the open menu, choose “Activity.”
On the new tab that opens, next to Gemini Apps Activity, click “Turn Off.” From the available options, choose “Turn Off and Delete Activity.”
At the bottom, click “Next” and choose “Delete.”
And you’re all set!
On Mobile
Launch the Gemini app on your phone, tap your profile icon in the top-right corner, and choose “Gemini Apps Activity.”
Next to Gemini Apps Activity, tap “Turn Off” and choose “Turn Off and Delete Activity.” Then, select “Next” followed by “Delete.”
You’re done.
Meta allows you to exercise your right to object to your data being used to train the company’s AI models. The company sources data from your Facebook account, Instagram account, and messages. Unlike other platforms, you don’t have an option to enable or disable the feature. You have to fill in a form and submit it to Meta for the company to take action.
To do that, launch a web browser and head to the Object to Your Information Being Used for AI at Meta form. Click the “Email Address” field and type your email address. Select the “Please Tell Us How This Processing Impacts You” field, type that you don’t want your data to be used to train Meta’s AI models, and click “Submit.”
Meta should get back to you with a response.
On Grok
Grok is integrated with X (formerly Twitter), and it uses your posts, interactions, and other data to train its AI models. Here’s how you can opt out of it.
On Desktop
Launch your web browser and open the X site. Sign in to your account, click the three dots in the left sidebar, and choose “Settings and Privacy.”
Select “Privacy and Safety” and choose “Grok & Third-Party Collaborators.” On the following page, turn off “Allow Your Public Data as Well as Your Interactions, Inputs, and Results With Grok and xAI to Be Used for Training and Fine-Tuning.”
In the future, to allow Grok to learn from your data, enable the checkbox.
To remove your existing data, click “Delete Conversation History” and choose “Delete.”
On Mobile
Launch the X app on your phone, tap your profile icon in the top-left corner, and choose Settings & Support > Settings and Privacy. Select “Privacy and Safety” and choose “Grok.”
On the Data Sharing page that opens, turn off “Allow Your Posts as Well as Your Interactions, Inputs, and Results With Grok to Be Used for Training and Fine-Tuning.”
To clear your existing data, tap “Delete Conversation History” and choose “Delete.” You’re done.
On Copilot
Opting out of AI model training on Microsoft’s Copilot platform is as easy as turning off a couple of toggles. Here’s how to do that.
On Desktop
Access your favorite web browser and launch the Copilot site. Sign in to your Microsoft account if you haven’t already. From the site’s top-right corner, select your profile icon and choose your account name.
In the open menu, select “Privacy” and turn off “Model Training on Text” and “Model Training on Voice.” If you want, you can keep one option enabled while keeping another disabled.
To remove your existing data with Copilot, click “Export or Delete History.” On the following page, choose Delete All Activity History > Clear. And you’re done.
On Mobile
Launch the Microsoft Copilot app on your phone, select your profile icon in the top-right corner, and choose Account > Privacy. Then, turn off the “Model Training” option.
Additionally, to remove your existing chats, tap “View, Export or Delete History” and select Delete All Activity History > Clear. You’re all set.
And that’s how you continue to enjoy using your favorite AI platforms without giving them your data to train their AI models. Have fun!
