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to any Alexa users at the bottom of the screen. toggles: Listen for “Hey Siri” and Press
If you want to review or delete any of your Home/Side Button for Siri. Once they’re

past Alexa recordings, go back to the Alexa both deactivated, you’ll get a message
Privacy screen, then tap Review Voice History. asking if you want to turn off Siri, which will

remove all of your data from Apple’s servers.
GOOGLE ASSISTANT Tap Turn Off Siri and your Siri history be

Open the Google Home app, then tap instantly deleted. You’ll need to repeat this

Account > More Settings (under Google for any devices you have, though the Apple
Assistant) > Your Data In The Assistant > Watch’s history will be deleted along with
Voice & Audio Activity. the paired iPhone.

Switch off the toggle next to Voice & Obviously, this method means Siri will be
Audio Activity. turned off on your device, so if you want to
You can also tap Manage Activity, then start using it again, you’ll need to re-enable

review and delete some or all of your it. And repeat as necessary.
Google Assistant voice recordings.

SIRI
Apple doesn’t yet offer a simple opt-out

toggle for its Siri “grading” program—that’s
coming in a future software update—but you

can see and delete your Siri conversation
history from Apple’s servers. It’s not nearly as
friendly as it is in the Alexa and Google

Home app, however.
If you want to see your recent conversations,

you can enable Siri on your iPhone or iPad and
then swipe down from the top of the screen.
This will show you your most recent conversation

on the device you’re using, so you can see if
there are any questionable recordings.

To delete them, you’ll need to go to
Settings > General > Keyboards and turn off
Enable Dictation. Then go back and select
For now, turning off Siri is the best way to delete
Siri & Search. Then flip off the two Ask Siri your Siri voice history from Apple’s servers.

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