How to Remove Google Assistant Recordings

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Hey guys, it has been a while since I last wrote. Hope you all are well, and Happy Lunar New Year to those who are celebrating it.

Similar to Siri, Cortana and Alexa, Google Assistant, the Google's own voice "Secretary" has been a "butt-saver" and offered a lot of convenience for most. However, that comes with some privacy sacrifices. Everything you say to Google Assistant is being recorded, but there are some ways to delete these recordings.

Having your voice recorded and stored by Google Assistant sounds scarier than it sounds. For starters, it's important to understand that Google Assistant will only start recording you only when the command or the phrase of "Hey Google or Okay Google" is initiated. These recordings are used to improve Google's voice-matching as well their machine-learning-mechanism.

Google offers several methods in dealing with these recordings, and I'm going to show you how.

Manually Delete Google Assistant Recordings

I'm gonna show you guys the "old school" way to delete these recordings after they’ve already been stored.

First, open your web browser and navigate to myaccount.google.com. Make sure you’re signed in to the same Google account as your Assistant-powered smart speakers or displays.

Next, go to the “Data & Personalization” tab.

Look for the “Activity Controls” section and click “Web & App Activity.”

Then, select “Manage Activity.”

Click “Filter by Date & Product” and select “Assistant” from the menu.

The list will now only show Google Assistant queries. The queries are organized by date, and you can delete all entries from a day by clicking the “X” icon.

Entries that have a recording attached are indicated by a microphone icon. Click “Details” if you would like to delete a specific entry.

Then select the three-dot menu icon and click “Delete.”

Aannnnd, that’s it. You can access this page and delete entries at any time.

Now, let me show you another way that you can deal with these recordings.

Auto-Delete Google Assistant Recordings

If deleting your data all the time is too time-consuming, Google makes it possible to auto-delete these recordings after a certain period of time. This allows you to get the best of both worlds. Google Assistant will get better at recognizing your voice, but these voice recording won’t be stored forever.

Opt-out of Recordings Completely

For those who wants to go to the extreme end,  you can completely opt-out of the recordings altogether.

Open your web browser and navigate to myaccount.google.com. Make sure you’re signed in.

Next, go to the “Data & Personalization” tab.

Look for “Activity Controls” section and click “Web & App Activity.”

Then, navigate to “Include Audio Recordings” and uncheck the box.

A message will open and explain what happens if you stop saving audio recordings. Click “Stop Saving” if you’re sure.

I hope you find this article useful. If you like it and find these tips helpful, please leave a thumbs up or an upvote. Thanks.

~Balans~

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