How to turn off Gemini apps activity?
Go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini (or open the Gemini app, tap your profile, then Gemini Apps Activity), and switch off 'Keep Activity.' New chats will no longer be saved to your account or used to improve Google's models; they're kept only up to 72 hours to run the service. You can also delete past chats there.
Why — the first-principles explanation
Gemini Apps Activity is a single logging switch. When it's on, Google records your Gemini chats in your account and can use a random subset to review answer quality and improve its models. When it's off, that long-term logging and training use stops. Understanding this makes the setting simple: you're just turning the recorder off.
Turning it off doesn't break Gemini, because the model still needs your message to generate a reply in the moment. That's why even in the off state Google keeps recent chats for up to about 72 hours — not for training, but to produce the answer, catch abuse, and keep the service running. After that short window, off-mode chats aren't retained in your history.
There are two separate levers people often confuse: the toggle (stops future saving) and deletion (removes what's already stored). Switching the toggle off does not erase your existing history. If you want a clean slate, you flip the toggle off and separately delete past activity, or set auto-delete to purge history on a schedule.
An example that makes it click
Think of a security camera in your own hallway. The toggle is the power switch: flip it off and it stops recording anything new. But the footage already saved to the memory card is still there until you delete it. So to be fully private, you both switch off the camera (Keep Activity off) and clear the old tapes (delete past chats). The 72-hour hold is like a short buffer the system needs before it lets go — brief, and not saved to your permanent album.
How to do it
- On the web: open myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and sign in with your Google account.
- In the app: open Gemini, tap your profile picture, then tap 'Gemini Apps Activity.'
- Toggle 'Keep Activity' to off.
- Confirm the change when prompted; future chats won't be saved to your account or used for training.
- To remove existing history, tap 'Delete' and choose a time range, or set auto-delete to 3 months.
- For sensitive one-off questions, start a Temporary Chat, which isn't stored in your history.
Key facts
- The setting lives at myactivity.google.com/product/gemini as the 'Keep Activity' toggle.
- Turning it off stops chats from being saved to your account and used to improve Google's models.
- Off-mode chats are retained only up to 72 hours for service operation and abuse detection (as of 2026-07).
- The toggle does not delete existing history; deletion is a separate action.
- Auto-delete can be set to 3, 18, or 36 months for stored activity.
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Here's how to turn off Gemini Apps Activity in under a minute. On the web, go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and sign in. Or in the app, tap your profile picture, then Gemini Apps Activity. Find the Keep Activity toggle and switch it off. That's it. From now on, your chats won't be saved to your account or used to improve Google's models. They're only held for up to seventy-two hours to run the service. One thing to know: turning it off doesn't erase your old chats. To clear those, tap Delete and pick a time range, or set auto-delete to three months. And for a private one-off question, just use a Temporary Chat.
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People also ask
Where is the Gemini Apps Activity setting?
At myactivity.google.com/product/gemini, or in the Gemini app under your profile picture then 'Gemini Apps Activity.'
Does turning it off delete my history?
No. It stops new chats from being saved; you must delete existing chats separately or set auto-delete.
Will Gemini still work with activity off?
Yes. Gemini works normally; it just doesn't save chats long-term or use them for training.
What happens to chats within 72 hours?
They're briefly kept to generate replies and catch abuse, then removed from your account and not used for training.