FILTER BY DATE
You may not want to delete every voice recording—
maybe just one or two from the times you said
something stupid or incriminating after “Hey Google.”
If you know the date you said something you’d want to
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time. So if you talk to your Google Home all day, you’ll
have to hunt a bit.
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& Audio), the list shows individual entries and a menu
next to each new day in the list. That way, you can
delete a whole day of recorded data. But if you want to
really hose all those recordings forever, click the “Delete
Activity By” link in the left-hand navigation. Set a time
frame or use the “All time” option. Pick a product (you
can’t combine Assistant and Voice & Audio here). Click
Delete when you’re ready.
LIMIT GOOGLE’S RECORD-HOLDING
Google now lets you auto-delete your activity on some
of its services. The feature has rolled out for location
history as well as web and app activity. Eventually,
you’ll be able to use the steps below to delete Voice &
Audio Activity.
In the mobile Google Assistant app, click your face in
the upper right, then go to You > Your data in the
Assistant > My Activity. On the Desktop, go to Activity
Controls. Scroll down and you’ll see cards for various
activity types. When you click Web & App Activity, for
example, you’ll see an option for “Choose how long to
keep” the data collected—the options are 3 months, 18
months, or until you manually delete it. It isn’t an
option under Voice & Audio Activity yet, but Google
says it’s on the way.
If you want to
really hose all
those
recordings
forever, click
the “Delete
Activity By”
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