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openai — Recommended Actions
All 7 privacy actions we recommend, grouped by category and prioritized by risk.
Privacy Controls(6)
Recommended Actions
Ad data clear
- 1Open ChatGPT on web or iOS
- 2Go to Settings and select Ad Controls (or visit chatgpt.com/#settings/Advertising)
- 3Select the option to clear data used for ads
Temporary chat privacy
- 1ChatGPT offers a Temporary Chat mode where conversations are not saved to history, are not used to train AI models, and are deleted from OpenAI's systems after 30 days. This provides a privacy-preserving way to interact with ChatGPT without contributing to model training.
Data export
- 1Click your profile icon in ChatGPT
- 2Select Settings
- 3Go to Data Controls
- 4Select Export Data and confirm the request
- 5Check your email for a download link containing your exported data
Ad personalization off
- 1Open ChatGPT on web or iOS
- 2Go to Settings and select Ad Controls (or visit chatgpt.com/#settings/Advertising)
- 3Turn off ad personalization
Data deletion
- 1Sign in to ChatGPT on the web
- 2Open your account menu and select Settings
- 3Select Account
- 4Next to Delete account, select Delete
- 5Enter your account email or phone number and type DELETE when prompted
- 6Select Permanently delete my account
Data deletion via privacy portal
- 1Go to the Privacy Portal at privacy.openai.com
- 2Select Make a Privacy Request
- 3Select I have a consumer ChatGPT account
- 4Select Delete my ChatGPT account, then follow the verification steps
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AI Training & Opt-outs(1)
Recommended Actions
Ai training opt out
- 1Click your profile icon in ChatGPT
- 2Select Settings
- 3Go to Data Controls
- 4Turn off the toggle for "Improve the model for everyone"
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