{"id":150503,"date":"2026-01-22T00:05:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=150503"},"modified":"2026-01-22T00:05:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:05:56","slug":"how-to-stop-chatgpt-using-my-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-stop-chatgpt-using-my-data\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Stop ChatGPT Using My Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-4041728370\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p>Last week, we covered <strong>How to Create a Shortcut on your Android<\/strong> phone from Google Chrome. If you missed that, you can find it here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-create-shortcut-on-android\/\">How To Create Shortcut On Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week, I wanted to jump off this subject and talk about <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong>. <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong> has been taking over the world in the last few years. Many people use it for their jobs or personal projects. I know many companies even use it for writing email and other projects. We might not like it, but ChatGPT is here to stay. <em>So what are you going to teach us about it?<\/em> Great question! I&#8217;m going to teach you how to disable it from using the questions that you ask it to teach its AI systems. You heard me right, the chat system takes your questions and uses them to teach AI. ChatGPT is sharing all your data with the network for training. I, personally, do not want this done since it takes my data to do it. In this article, I will show you how you can disable that setting. Before we jump into this important lesson, make sure to check out these other articles I have written for you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-customize-google-search-widget\/\">How To Customize Google Search Widget<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-stop-gemini-from-reading-screen\/\">How To Stop Gemini From Reading Screen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-adjust-facebook-display-settings\/\">How To Adjust Facebook Display Settings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-create-collage-in-google-photos\/\">How To Create Collage In Google Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-create-cinematic-photos-on-google\/\">How To Create Cinematic Photos On Google<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Time to start our lesson on <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong>.<\/p><div id=\"daves-2247631709\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2>How To Stop ChatGPT Using My Data<\/h2>\n<p>I will show you how to do this on my Windows laptop, going to the website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Hop onto your computer and head over to <strong>chatgpt.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150520 size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Logo-640x428.jpg\" alt=\"chatGPT-logo\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Logo-640x428.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Logo-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Logo-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Logo.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Click the log in at the top right. I use my <strong>Google<\/strong> account to log in, so I will click that. They give you a few ways to log in. Choose the one you use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Log-In-Window.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150521 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Log-In-Window.jpg\" alt=\"chatGPT-log-in-window\" width=\"432\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Log-In-Window.jpg 432w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Log-In-Window-247x400.jpg 247w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Log-In-Window-93x150.jpg 93w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: After you log in, look to the bottom left. Click on your <strong>Name<\/strong>. Now you will get a menu and will need to click on <strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/p><div id=\"daves-1947495000\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Settings-Link.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150522 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Settings-Link.jpg\" alt=\"chatGPT-settings-link\" width=\"486\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Settings-Link.jpg 486w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Settings-Link-324x400.jpg 324w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Settings-Link-122x150.jpg 122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: A menu will appear in the middle of the screen. Look to the left menu and find the <strong>Data controls<\/strong> option. Click it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Data-Controls-Link.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150523 size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Data-Controls-Link-640x560.jpg\" alt=\"chatGPT-data-controls-link\" width=\"640\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Data-Controls-Link-640x560.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Data-Controls-Link-350x307.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Data-Controls-Link-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Data-Controls-Link.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>: Under <strong>Data controls<\/strong>, they have some choices you can choose from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve the model for everyone<\/li>\n<li>Remote browser data<\/li>\n<li>Shared links<\/li>\n<li>Archived chats<\/li>\n<li>Archive all chats<\/li>\n<li>Delete all chats<\/li>\n<li>Export data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For this article, we will need to click on the top option &#8221; <strong>Improve the model for everyone<\/strong>&#8220;. Click it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Data-Controls-Screen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150524 size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Data-Controls-Screen-640x452.jpg\" alt=\"chatGPT-data-controls-screen\" width=\"640\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Data-Controls-Screen-640x452.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Data-Controls-Screen-350x247.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Data-Controls-Screen-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Data-Controls-Screen.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong>: The window that pops up is called <strong>Model Improvement<\/strong>.<\/p><div id=\"daves-1425304183\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Improve the model for everyone: Allow your content to be used to train our models, which makes ChatGPT better for you and everyone who uses it. WE take steps to protect your privacy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are some other choices here, but the top one is the one we need. To turn this off, click the switch on the right. Then click the <strong>Done<\/strong> button at the bottom. DONE!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Model-Improvement-Screen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150525 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Model-Improvement-Screen.jpg\" alt=\"chatGPT-model-improvement-screen\" width=\"600\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Model-Improvement-Screen.jpg 600w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Model-Improvement-Screen-350x289.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ChatGPT-Model-Improvement-Screen-150x124.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You have learned how to stop <strong>ChatGPT<\/strong> from using your information to teach it. Time to share this knowledge with the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"daves-414700511\" class=\"daves-after-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, we covered How to Create a Shortcut on your Android phone from Google Chrome. If you missed that, you can find it here: How To Create Shortcut On Android This week, I wanted to jump off this subject and talk about ChatGPT. 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