By now, you may know that your Alexa smart speakers are listening to what you say and that Amazon has recorded everything your device listens to. According to Amazon, your voice recordings are stored “to improve the accuracy of your interactions with Alexa”. If you’ve concerned about your privacy, here’s how to delete your Alexa history and stop Alexa from saving your voice recordings in the future.

Does Alexa really listen to what you have to say?

All Amazon Echo devices will start recording your voice after saying “Alexa” (or something like that). Your voice recording will then be sent to Amazon, where it will be analyzed by speech recognition software. Then a command is sent to your device and tells Alexa how to respond in a millisecond.

A Letter To a U.S. senator, Amazon claims to store Alexa voice recordings “until the customer deletes them.” The company claims that when you delete a voice recording, the associated transcripts and audio recordings will also be deleted from its servers.

How To Delete Alexa Records By Voice

You can delete your last voice recordings with the voice commands “Alexa, delete what I said” or “Alexa, delete everything I said today”. If you want to delete all your previous posts, you can say, “Alexa, delete everything I said so far.”

How to delete your Alexa registration history in the app

To delete all your Alexa records, open the Alexa app and go to it Also review> Settings> Alexa Privacy> Voice History. Then tap the down arrow Displays Then the next arrow Filter by date. Next, select All history And tap Delete all my posts.

1. Open the Alexa app. If you do not already have the application, you can download it Apple App Store Or The Google Play Store.
2. Then tap Further. You will see this three line icon in the lower right corner of your screen.
3. Next, tap Settings.
4. Then tap Alexa Privacy.
5. Next, select Review voice history.
6. Then tap the down arrow Displays.
7. Next, tap the arrow next to it Filter by date. If you have multiple Alexa devices, tap Filter by device And select All devices If it is not already selected.
8. Then select All history. You can also select another time limit depending on how many Alexa records you want to delete.
9. Next, tap Delete all my posts.

   Note: From here, you can review your voice recording history by scrolling down and tapping the down arrow next to any recordings. Tap the blue play button to listen to your old voice recordings or the red trash button to delete personal recordings.

   
10. Finally, tap Clear.

However, deleting your voice recording history does not mean that Alexa will stop recording you in the future.

How to stop Alexa from saving your records

To prevent your Alexa devices from storing your voice recordings, open the Alexa app and go to it More> Settings> Alexa Privacy> Manage your Alexa data And tap Select how long the records should be saved. Then select Do not save records And tap Make sure.

1. Open the Alexa app.
2. Then tap Further.
3. Next, tap Settings.
4. Then tap Alexa Privacy.
5. Next, scroll down and select Manage your Alexa data.

   Note: Before proceeding to the next step, you can scroll down and tap the next slider to help improve Alexa. This will stop Alexa from using your voice recorders to create new features.

   
6. Then tap Select how long the records should be saved.
7. Next, select Do not save records And tap Make sure.
8. Finally, tap Make sure Again.

If you do not have a smartphone, you can delete your Alexa records in any web browser. Here’s how:

How To Clear Alexa Record History Through Browser

To clear your Alexa voice recordings in a web browser, go to amazon.com/alexa-privacy/apd/home And select Review voice history. Next tap the downward facing arrows Displays Then Filter by date. Finally, select All history And click Delete all my posts.

1. Go to the Alexa Privacy Settings page on Amazon. You can see this amazon.com/alexa-privacy/apd/home. If you do not already have one you will need to sign in to your Amazon account.
2. Then select Review voice history.
3. Next, select the downward facing arrow Displays.
4. Next select the down arrow Filter by date.
5. Next, select All history.
6. And then click Delete all my posts.
7. Finally, click Clear.

How to stop Alexa from saving your voice recordings

To stop Alexa storing your voice recordings through a web browser, go to amazon.com/alexa-privacy/apd/home And select Manage your Alexa data. And then click Select how long the records should be saved And select Do not save records. Finally, click Make sure Then Make sure.

1. Go on amazon.com/alexa-privacy/apd/home.
2. Then select Manage your Alexa data.
3. Next, click Select how long the records should be saved.
4. Then select Do not save records And click Make sure.
5. Finally, click Make sure.

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