Your data · Perplexity
How to stop Perplexity training on your chats
thecontinuitylayer.com/your-data/perplexity/turn-off-trainingWhether Perplexity 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
3 November 2026
Checked on Perplexity's pages
Read from published docs, not a test we ran
Report a change →Yes, according to Perplexity's own pages.
Perplexity says Free, Pro and Max users can turn off the AI data retention toggle in Preferences to stop their data improving its models going forward.
Perplexity's own pageChecked 3 November 2026
https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/11564572-data-collection-at-perplexityHow to do it in Perplexity
- 1.Sign in to Perplexity.
- 2.Open your Account settings.
- 3.Go to Preferences.
- 4.Turn off the AI data retention toggle.
It is on by default for Free, Pro and Max. Turning it off only covers data from that day on; data already collected for training cannot be removed. It also covers your memories.
Perplexity'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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