How to Opt Out of Google Search’s New AI Data Training Feature
Great.When this rolls out to your account, you can visit Google’s My Activity page and then select the Search Services History tab to opt out. This page gives you a solid sense of what Google saves from your Search history. It’s also where you can turn off the entire setting and delete your activity.
- ▪Great.When this rolls out to your account, you can visit Google’s My Activity page and then select the Search Services History tab to opt out.
- ▪This page gives you a solid sense of what Google saves from your Search history.
- ▪It’s also where you can turn off the entire setting and delete your activity.
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Reece RogersGearJun 24, 2026 6:36 PMHere’s How to Opt Out of Google Search’s New AI Data Training FeatureGoogle’s Search history update stores media uploads from your interactions, like images used in reverse image searches, for training its AI models.Photograph: Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyA little piece of my soul shrivels up every time I get a message laying out how another company plans to use personal data in ever encroaching ways for AI training.
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