{"slug": "heres-how-to-take-back-your-chatbot-data-from-ai-model-training", "title": "Here’s How to Take Back Your Chatbot Data From AI Model Training", "summary": "CNET reports that users can disable AI model training and delete conversations in Google's Gemini, Anthropic's Claude, and OpenAI's ChatGPT to protect their data. For Gemini, users must turn off Web & App Activity in Google account settings and disable Gemini Activity, then manually delete existing data. Claude users can toggle off 'Help improve our AI models' and delete chats, though deleted chats are stored for up to 30 days and data may remain in ongoing or completed training. ChatGPT settings were not detailed in the excerpt.", "body_md": "[Chatbots](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/best-ai-chatbots/) are a dime a dozen and people continue to [rely on them for more than just casual conversations](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/using-ai-as-a-therapist-why-professionals-say-you-should-think-again/) at this point. Whether you’re [vibe coding](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/the-most-fun-ive-ever-had-with-ai-is-vibe-coding-retro-video-games-heres-how-i-did-it/) an app, [generating images](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-nano-banana-pro-ai-image-generator-review/) or video, or something in between, there’s a reason people are leaning on the likes of [Gemini](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/gemini-pro-review-my-go-to-ai-chatbot-costs-20-per-month/), [Claude](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/claude-control-your-computer-to-perform-tasks/) and [ChatGPT](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/chatgpt-free-review/) for more than what you’d get from a search engine.\n\nAll that said, AI itself is even hungrier for your data than the tech giants that create it. And Google, OpenAI and others use your data to help make their AI models better — unless you do something about it. By default, most chatbots will use your data to train models, so there are some settings you should look into if you want to keep your conversations as private as possible.\n\nBelow, we’ll show you how to disable AI model training on some of the most popular chatbots and delete the conversations if you want to start with a clean slate.\n\n## Gemini\n\nYou’ll need to turn off a few settings in your Google account and in Gemini to prevent your data from being used to train AI models.\n\n- Go to\n[myactivity.google.com](http://myactivity.google.com). - Click\n**Web & App Activity** and turn it off.\n\nTurning off **Web & App Activity** will prevent your new searches, location and other data from being recorded to your Google account and used for AI training. However, turning this off does not delete the existing activity already on your account. You’ll still need to click the delete button on the same page and select to delete your data from either all time or your specified range.\n\n### Gemini\n\nGemini has its own settings that you’ll need to disable in order to prevent Google from using your data for model training:\n\n- Log in to Gemini.\n- Click the\n**Settings** cog. - Click\n**Activity**. - Click the drop-down and set it to\n**Off**.\n\nSimilarly, you’ll also need to manually delete the existing Gemini activity (your conversations) by clicking the delete button and selecting a time range.\n\n## Claude\n\nIf you’re looking to remove your data or prevent Anthropic from using your data in Claude, it’s a little more straightforward.\n\nChange Model Improvement settings:\n\n- Log in to your Claude account.\n- Click your\n**profile icon**. - Click\n**Settings**. - Click\n**Privacy**. - Set the toggle for\n**Help improve our AI models** to off.\n\nWhile you’re here, you might also want to toggle the **Location metadata off** for good measure.\n\nDeleting your conversations in Claude is also easy:\n\n- Log in to your Claude account.\n- Click\n**Chats** on the left sidebar. - Click\n**Select Chats**. - Click\n**Select all**. - Click\n**Delete**.\n\nPer Anthropic’s privacy policy, deleted chats are [stored for up to 30 days](https://privacy.claude.com/en/articles/10023548-how-long-do-you-store-my-data#:~:text=Deleted%20from%20our%20back%2Dend%20storage%20systems%20within%2030%20days) in its back-end systems. If you’ve previously allowed Anthropic to use your data, and you turn the setting off, new and existing chats won’t be used to train models going forward, but your data will be used in training that is in progress and won’t be removed from models that have already been trained.\n\n## ChatGPT\n\nChatGPT is the world’s most-used chatbot. If you’ve been using it for a while without adjusting your settings, you’ve probably given OpenAI a lot of data.\n\nTurn off model improvement in ChatGPT:\n\n- Log in to your ChatGPT account.\n- Click your profile icon.\n- Click\n**Settings**. - Click\n**Data controls**. - Click\n**improve the model for everyone**. - Switch the toggle to\n**improve the model for everyone** off.\n\nThis pop-up menu contains two additional settings to include your audio and video recordings, but toggling the main switch at the top will disable both of these settings.\n\nTo delete all of your chats, there’s a dedicated button in the Data controls menu. Like Anthropic’s policy, OpenAI also stores deleted chats for up to 30 days.\n\n(Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, in 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)\n\n## Meta\n\nThe TL;DR for trying to get Meta to stop using your data to train its AI is that there’s no guarantee. There’s no elegant solution, and you’ll have to [submit a form](https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/1266025207620918), which Meta may take action on.\n\nMaking your profiles private and limiting your posts will shield you the most from AI training. Or you can just delete your [Instagram](https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/how-to-delete-instagram-or-at-least-deactivate-it/) and [Facebook](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-delete-facebook/) profiles.\n\nInstagram users looking to get away from the fact that others [can reuse their own media](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/meta-muse-ai-image-content-reuse-deepfake-news/) can opt out to avoid the [deepfake apocalypse](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/meta-pulls-instagram-ai-deepfake-update-backlash-news/).\n\nAside from that, all else you can do is [mute Meta AI](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-mute-meta-ai-in-meta-apps/).\n\nI was unable to find the specific setting to get Meta to stop using your data, and Meta did not respond to a request for comment when asked for a guaranteed way to opt-out of AI model training.\n\n### Grok\n\nIt’s almost surprising that Grok will allow you to turn off AI model training on X, but you can. Here’s how.\n\n- Log in to your X account.\n- Click the\n**More** button. - Click\n**Settings and privacy**. - Click\n**Privacy and safety**. - Click\n**Grok & Third-Party Collaborators**.\n\nUncheck the box next to “Allow your public data as well as your interactions, inputs, and results with Grok and XAI to be used for training and fine-tuning.”\n\nWhile you’re at it, you might want to uncheck **Allow X to personalize your experience with Grok** and **Allow Grok to remember your conversation history**. You can also choose to delete your conversation history with Grok in this menu.\n\nThere are plenty of other AI tools that you may need to do this for if you’re a habitual user. We’ll continue to add to them here over time. The settings may be a bit obscured and hard to find, but if the option is there, you’ll typically find it in the data or privacy settings of the selected chatbot.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/heres-how-to-take-back-your-chatbot-data-from-ai-model-training", "canonical_source": "https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/heres-how-to-take-back-your-chatbot-data-from-ai-model-training/", "published_at": "2026-07-16 21:04:13+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-03 19:41:52.343349+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Google", "Anthropic", "OpenAI", "Gemini", "Claude", "ChatGPT", "CNET"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/heres-how-to-take-back-your-chatbot-data-from-ai-model-training", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/heres-how-to-take-back-your-chatbot-data-from-ai-model-training.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/heres-how-to-take-back-your-chatbot-data-from-ai-model-training.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/heres-how-to-take-back-your-chatbot-data-from-ai-model-training.jsonld"}}