Google provides step-by-step instructions for managing activity-based personalization settings to control how your data is used in Google Photos. These official guidelines help users adjust these settings directly on a computer.
What it does
Google Photos uses information like the types of memories you view or skip to show personalized memories through its activity-based personalization setting. Google states that this setting is turned on by default, but you can turn it off at the user's discretion.
Before you start
Google specifies that you need a computer to access the settings on photos.google.com.
Steps
Step 1: On your computer, go to photos.google.com.
Step 2: At the top, click Settings.
Step 3: Turn Activity-based personalization on or off.
What the company says
Google notes that if you turn off activity-based personalization, your activity data that was used to further personalize your experience is deleted. Google explains that this action does not delete any content like photos or videos or affect your access to existing features like memories and creations.
What to do
- Go to photos.google.com on your computer.
- Click Settings at the top of the page.
- Turn Activity-based personalization on or off.
Key facts and where they come from
- The activity-based personalization setting is enabled by default.
This setting is turned on by default, and you can turn it off at any time.
- Disabling personalization deletes past activity data without removing content.
your activity data that was used to further personalize your experience is deleted.
