Control ChatGPT data use for model training
Turn off 'Improve the model for everyone' to prevent conversations from training ChatGPT.
Improve the model for everyone
Where
Settings > Data Controls
Why
When off, new conversations are not used to train ChatGPT, though they remain in chat history.
What it does and when to use it
Users can control whether their ChatGPT conversations are used to train future models. By disabling the 'Improve the model for everyone' setting, new chats will not be used for training purposes, while still appearing in the chat history.
Sources and credit
- How ChatGPT learns about the world while protecting privacy ↗OpenAI · OpenAI News · May 6, 2026 · paraphrased
First seen on Subvolts May 6, 2026. Updated Sep 11, 2026. Spotted a problem? Tell us.
Where it shows up
- How ChatGPT learns about the world while protecting privacyOpenAI · OpenAI News · May 6, 2026
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Questions people ask
- Which AI tools does this work with?
- The sources used it with ChatGPT.
- Where did this come from?
- OpenAI (OpenAI News). Subvolts collected, normalized and credited it; the link above opens the original.