How To Turn Off Chat History In Chatgpt 2024 Guide

How to Disable Chat History in ChatGPT

Before we proceed further, I want to mention that the option to clear chat history and not use your data for model training is not restricted to ChatGPT Plus subscribers. Every ChatGPT user can turn off chat history feature, and here’s how:

Step 1: Log into ChatGPT

If you haven’t already, begin by logging into ChatGPT’s website by following the OpenAI login link here. Provide your login credentials to be led to the chat screen.

Step 2: Access Account Settings

On your main chat screen, click on your profile icon at the bottom left to open a pop-up menu.

Once there, click on “Settings” to access all ChatGPT settings.

Step 3: Show Data Controls

Within the settings pop-up, click “Show” beside Data Controls to get to the history option.

Step 4: Turn off ChatGPT History

Finally, turn off the “Chat History & Training” toggle, and you’re done.
It’s as easy as that! Your ChatGPT history is now disabled and new chats will not be used to train OpenAI’s LLM model. You will see your old chats all greyed out with the option to quickly enable ChatGPT history if you wish. Note: Even with the ChatGPT history option turned off, we always advise proceeding with caution when sharing sensitive information with the AI chatbot. While OpenAI does claim no recording post this setting, one can never be too careful. Furthermore, the company is soon launching a ChatGPT Business subscription that will supposedly come with even greater security.
However, do note that new conversations will still be retained for 30 days but only for abuse monitoring. Once the time period expires, these will be permanently deleted.

How to Clear Old ChatGPT Conversations

If you share a ChatGPT Plus account with someone or simply don’t like clutter, you can clear old ChatGPT chats with ease. Here’s how you can do that:

Log into the ChatGPT website and click on your profile picture to see a pop-up menu.

Here, click on “Clear Conversations” to begin removing your chats.

It will now ask you to confirm your action. Simply click on “Confirm clear conversations” to finalize your choice.

As you can see below, your past ChatGPT conversation history will now be fully cleared.

Do note that it does mean you cannot access your old chats anymore. However, you can always start a new chat and not have it used for training, provided you follow our steps above.

How to Export Your ChatGPT Data

Exporting your ChatGPT data doesn’t clear it from OpenAI’s servers. However, for those who want it for their personal records, we have explained the steps for the same. You need to access ChatGPT’s settings and then follow the quick steps below:

Within the settings pop-up, click “Show” beside Data Controls to access more options.

Now, click the “Export Data” button to begin the process.

Read the details listed and click on “Confirm export” for the data to be sent to your e-mail.

And just like that, your ChatGPT data export request is sent. As per the confirmation message, you should receive it in an e-mail soon. The address will be the one you signed up with.