How to Control Your ChatGPT Data
Key Takeaway
You can control how OpenAI uses your personal data and chat history by disabling data usage for model training, deleting your chat history, and deleting your OpenAI account completely if desired.
Summary
OpenAI provides options to disable using your chat history for training AI models. This prevents your data from being used to improve ChatGPT.
You can clear your entire ChatGPT chat history from the app. Once deleted, this data cannot be recovered.
If you want to delete your account permanently, you can do so from the app's Data Controls menu. This will remove access to ChatGPT with that account.
On the web version, you can also access data controls and account deletion from the settings menu.
Deleting the account means you lose access to ChatGPT and will need to create a new account with a different email ID to regain access.
OpenAI aims to give users strong data control options over personal information and chat history.