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REMOVEDData Controls FAQ Learn how to manage your ChatGPT data settings What are the Data Controls settings? Data Controls let you decide how ChatGPT uses your conversations and interactions. They specifically allow you to choose whether your conversations help improve our models. Learn about controls we offer you for ads here . Depending on whether you're signed in or not, your options vary slightly: When you're signed out , you can choose if your chats are used to help train ChatGPT When you're signed in , you have additional options like exporting your data or deleting your account How do I stop my chats from training ChatGPT? (i.e., "Improve the model for everyone")? On Web (Signed-in): Click your profile icon Select Settings Go to Data Controls Turn off "Improve the model for everyone" Your conversations will still appear in your chat history but won't be used to train ChatGPT. On Web (Signed-out): Click the ? icon in the bottom-right corner On Mobile: Open the side-bar menu Tap your profile icon Select Data Controls How do I turn off training for Codex tasks? If you use Codex on a personal ChatGPT plan, the "Improve the model for everyone" setting also applies to your Codex tasks. Turn it off in ChatGPT under Settings → Data Controls, or select "Do not train on my content" in the privacy portal . A privacy portal opt-out is reflected in your account's data settings. Once you opt out, new ChatGPT conversations and Codex tasks won't be used to train our models. Codex has a separate setting for training on full environments in Codex Settings . Changing the ChatGPT setting or opting out through the privacy portal does not change that Codex setting. Does this functionality sync between web and mobile devices? Yes. Once you turn off model training, the setting applies to your entire account. It doesn't matter which device you're using. How do I export my data from ChatGPT? Refer to our article: How do I export my ChatGPT history and data? How do I delete my ChatGPT account for model training? Refer to our article: How can I delete my account? How does OpenAI use my personal data? Refer to our article: How your data is used to improve model performance What about Temporary Chats? Temporary Chats are deleted from our systems after 30 days. These chats: Aren't used to train our models May be reviewed only to monitor for abuse Don't get saved in your history and don't create memories For additional information about Temporary Chats, please refer to our FAQ: Temporary Chat FAQ What happens to my chats if I turn off training? They'll still show up in your history, but they won't be used to improve ChatGPT. If it's a Temporary Chat, it will be deleted after 30 days. Please note that turning off Memory and Personalization features does not disable safety features that may use limited, safety-relevant context in rare, high-risk situations to help ChatGPT respond more safely. Learn more: Helping ChatGPT better recognize context in sensitive conversations . Can I turn off training at any time? Yes - you can change this setting anytime. There are no restrictions. I previously opted out of model training by writing to the support team. Will you continue to honor my opt-out? Yes. If you opted out by contacting support or using our privacy form, your account will represent that request. Are there additional data controls for ChatGPT business plans? Yes, our Team, Enterprise, and Edu plans offer additional data controls. For additional information regarding these plans, please refer to our Enterprise privacy policies . What controls do I have related to ads in ChatGPT? Learn about controls we offer you for ads here .

ADDEDData controls in ChatGPT Learn how to manage model training, chat history, data exports, account deletion, and other privacy options in ChatGPT. Overview Data controls let you choose whether your conversations help train OpenAI models. You can also use them to export data, manage shared links, and manage other data settings available to your account. Available controls depend on whether you are signed in, your plan, and your workspace settings. Find your data controls Open Settings and select Data controls to manage the options available to your account. The privacy center explains your privacy options and helps you find the settings that manage them. You can still manage those settings from the Settings menu in ChatGPT. Turn off Improve the model for everyone When Improve the model for everyone is off, your new conversations won't be used to train OpenAI models. They can still appear in your chat history. Web (signed in) Open your account menu. Select Settings. Select Data controls. Select Improve the model for everyone, turn it off, and select Done. iOS and Android Open the sidebar. Select your profile icon to open Settings. Turn off Improve the model for everyone. When you're signed in, this setting applies to your account across devices. Signed-out use When using ChatGPT without signing in, open Settings and turn off Improve the model for everyone. Your choice is saved in that browser. Manage model training for Codex tasks If you use Codex on a personal ChatGPT plan, Improve the model for everyone also applies to your Codex tasks. Turn it off in ChatGPT, or select Do not train on my content in the Privacy Portal . Either option is sufficient for ChatGPT conversations and Codex tasks. You don't need to do both. After you opt out, new conversations and tasks won't be used to train OpenAI models. Codex has a separate Include environments setting in Codex settings that controls whether additional context from your Codex environments can be used to train OpenAI models. Changing your ChatGPT setting or opting out through the Privacy Portal does not change that setting. What happens to saved chats Turning off Improve the model for everyone does not delete or hide saved chats. Regular chats remain in history. Archived chats remain archived. Project chats remain in their projects. Archiving a chat does not change whether it can be used to train OpenAI models. Your Improve the model for everyone setting continues to apply. Temporary chat While they remain temporary, these chats: do not appear in your chat history do not create or update memories are not used to improve OpenAI models may be retained for up to 30 days for safety purposes Before the conversation begins, choose whether the temporary chat is personalized. A personalized temporary chat can use existing memories, custom instructions, and plugins, subject to your account and workspace settings. You can turn personalization off when you start the chat. If you save a temporary chat, it becomes a regular chat in your history and follows your account's personalization and model-improvement settings. For more information about temporary chat, see: Temporary chat in ChatGPT . Export your data Signed-in ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, and Pro users can request a copy of their data from ChatGPT settings. You can also use the OpenAI Privacy Portal . Self-service data export is not available for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, or ChatGPT for Healthcare workspaces and should be directed to the workspace owner. Eligible ChatGPT Edu workspaces may allow exports when an administrator enables them. For more data export instructions and availability, see: Exporting your ChatGPT history and data . Delete your account Signed-in ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, and Pro users can delete their account from their ChatGPT settings. Deleting your OpenAI account is permanent and affects its associated data and subscriptions. Self-service account deletion is not available in managed workspaces and should be directed to the workspace owner. Contact your organization for help with a managed account. For account-deletion instructions and important billing information, see: Deleting your ChatGPT account . Memory and safety context Memory controls how ChatGPT personalizes responses. Model-training controls determine whether eligible content can be used to improve OpenAI models. These are separate settings. Turning off memory or personalization does not disable safety features that may use limited, safety-relevant context in rare, high-risk situations to help ChatGPT respond more safely. For more information about Memory, see: Memory in ChatGPT . Managed workspaces By default, OpenAI does not use content from ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, Edu, or ChatGPT for Healthcare workspaces to train its models. Managed workspaces can also have organization-level retention, Memory, compliance, and access settings. Your organization's privacy, retention, and access policies still apply. For more information about enterprise privacy, see: Enterprise privacy at OpenAI . Ads controls Where ads are available, separate controls can determine how ads are personalized. For more information about ads, see: Ads in ChatGPT . FAQ Can I change the Improve the model for everyone setting? Yes, when the setting is available for your account. Parent or guardian settings and workspace controls may limit whether you can change it. Does turning off model training delete my chats? No. Delete a chat or your account separately when you want to remove content. What happens if I previously opted out through OpenAI Support or a privacy request? OpenAI continues to honor the opt-out associated with the account. What happens if I submit feedback after opting out of training? If you choose to provide feedback, such as selecting thumbs up or thumbs down on a response, the entire conversation associated with that feedback may be used to train OpenAI models. For more information, see: How your data is used to improve model performance .

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