Don't Train On Me

How to stop LinkedIn using your posts to train AI

Posts, comments, and profile content for generative AI features.

It was switched on by default for most accounts when it launched.

A setting you can switch offEffort: low
Open the LinkedIn setting

What they use

Posts, comments, profile content, and some activity, to train content-generating AI. The setting was switched on by default for most accounts when it launched.

Turn it off

  1. 1Settings and Privacy, then Data Privacy.
  2. 2Open "Data for Generative AI Improvement".
  3. 3Turn it off.

What it does not do

Not retroactive. LinkedIn states that turning it off stops future use only. There is a separate objection route for residents of jurisdictions with a legal right to object.

Also check

Messages and profile data are covered by separate settings under the same Data Privacy section. Opting out of generative AI training does not opt you out of research use.

Not retroactive. It stops future use only.

LinkedIn is one of thirty-one

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