Google wants to use your emails to train its AI — here’s how to turn that off

Syndication November 21, 2025

Google wants to use your emails to train its AI — here’s how to turn that off

Once again, Google has decided for you that your data is its toy. Here’s how to stop Gmail from training its AI on your email.

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There’s no shortage of big tech companies that want to use your data to train their large language models. Recently, I discussed how Meta wanted Facebook users to grant it permission to upload their entire camera roll to its cloud — perpetually.

This time, it’s Google doing the data harvesting. Gmail now wants to use your emails — including any attachments you have — to train its AI models for features like Smart Compose and AI-generated replies.

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