Your data · OpenAI
How to stop ChatGPT training on your chats
thecontinuitylayer.com/your-data/chatgpt/turn-off-trainingWhether ChatGPT has a switch that keeps your chats out of model training, and where it is.
Yes
Docs grade · You can stop your chats training its models
23 October 2026
Checked on OpenAI's pages
Read from published docs, not a test we ran
Report a change →Yes, according to OpenAI's own pages.
OpenAI says the Improve the model for everyone setting is on by default for Free, Plus and Pro users and can be switched off while keeping chat history.
OpenAI's own pageChecked 23 October 2026
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/7730893-data-controls-in-chatgptHow to do it in ChatGPT
- 1.On the web, open your account menu and choose Settings. In the phone app, open the sidebar and tap your profile icon.
- 2.Go to Data controls.
- 3.Turn off Improve the model for everyone.
- 4.Select Done. The choice applies to your account on web and phone.
The setting is on by default for Free, Plus and Pro. Your chats still show in your history. Turning off Memory does not stop training; it is a separate control.
OpenAI's own pagesChecked 24 October 2026
The test: You can stop your chats training its models
Look in settings and on the privacy page for a control that stops your conversations being used to train or improve models.
- ✓ Yes
- A setting you can switch yourself, on consumer plans.
- ½ Partly
- Only by request or a form, or only on some plans, or off by default with no control named.
- ✕ No
- No way described, or chats are used with no opt-out.
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