When it comes to voice assistants, Google Assistant is easily one of the best and most popular. Some features on the Google Assistant can make your life easier on your phone and Nest speakers and devices. However, the Google Assistant can raise privacy concerns because it stores your voice recordings in the cloud.
If you’re one of them and don’t want Google to keep hold of your precious data, you can periodically delete voice recordings from the Google Assistant. Here’s how to delete Google Assistant voice recordings on your Nest speaker by following a few easy steps.
Why you should delete your Google Assistant Voice History
Smart speakers learn from your interactions to give better answers to your queries over time. They learn your usage patterns and store relevant data. When you ask a question, the speaker sends the details of the question to online servers for further processing and stores them online in your account. Google uses this data to improve speech recognition and the accuracy of search results.
Since the Nest speaker with Google Assistant has an always-on microphone, it can be worrisome if it records and stores private conversations. That can lead to targeted advertising and privacy violations. Therefore, you should periodically delete your voice history from your smart speaker.
How to delete Nest speaker’s voice history via smartphone
If you choose to delete the Google Assistant voice history on your Nest speaker via your smartphone, you can even listen to individual voice recordings after viewing the recorded interactions. Here’s how to do it.
Step 1: Open the Google Assistant Activity page in a browser window on your smartphone. You will be asked to sign in to your Google account. Use the same account you used to set up your Nest speaker.
Step 2: Scroll down and see all the recordings stored by Google Assistant in chronological order.
If you want to delete individual records, tap the ‘X’ button next to the item you want to delete.
You should now see the Delete Completed prompt on your screen. Click OK to continue.
Step 3: Since deleting multiple recordings manually can be tedious and you can delete your entire voice history at once. To do this, tap the Delete button in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Step 4: Now select the date range that you want to delete your voice history. If you want to delete your entire voice history from scratch, select Delete every time.
Step 5: In the confirmation prompt, select Delete and Google will permanently delete all your voice history.
However, deleting your voice history doesn’t mean Google won’t record it again. From your next query on, Google will start recording your voice history. So it’s wise to enable auto-delete for your voice history so that it is periodically deleted without you having to manually delete it each time. Here’s how to enable it.
How to enable Google Assistant’s Auto Clear Voice History
Step 1: Open the Google Assistant Activity page in a browser window on your smartphone. The page will ask you to sign in with your Google account. Use the same account you used to set up your Nest speaker.
Step 2: Click the Delete button in the upper right corner of the screen.
Step 3: Select the Auto-delete option in the drop-down menu.
Step 4: Tap ‘Automatically delete older activity.’
Step 5: Use the drop-down menu to select the period after which you want to delete your voice history.
Step 6: Once you have selected the right option, tap Next.
Step 7: Now select the Confirm button and auto-delete will be set for the Google Assistant voice history on your Nest speaker.
After activating it, you won’t have to worry about manually deleting your voice history as often.
How to directly delete Google Assistant voice history from Nest speakers
If you don’t have a smartphone with the same Google account as the one signed into your Nest speaker, you can use voice commands to delete your voice history directly through the speaker or the Nest device itself. Here’s what you need to do.
Step 1: Activate the Google Assistant on the Nest speaker with a wake word, such as Hey Google.
Step 2: Say “Delete my activity from today” or “Delete this week’s activity” to clear the voice history for the mentioned period.
You’ll get a confirmation from the Google Assistant when the activity you requested is removed.
Keep your chats safe
You should periodically clear the Google Assistant voice history from your Nest speakers and devices. If you’re having sensitive conversations, you might even consider muting the microphone on your Nest speaker or any smart speaker or device to prevent your voice recordings from being recorded and stored.
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