Maybe you don’t want others to know the conversations you’ve had with Alexa throughout the day. Fortunately, two new Echo privacy features make it easier to erase your voice history, once and for all.
The first feature helps you erase all conversations you’ve ever had with Alexa. So if you’ve got voice data that goes back to 2018, you can completely wipe it. All you have to say is “Alexa, delete everything I’ve said.”
If that doesn’t work, you can also manage this in the Alexa app by going to More > Settings > Alexa Privacy > Review Voice History > filter by All History > and select Delete all my recordings. A message will appear asking you to confirm you want to proceed. Select Delete.
You can also automatically delete your Alexa smart home history that’s older than three, or even 18 months.
To get started, open the Alexa app settings and select Alexa Privacy. Then select Manage Your Alexa Data and scroll down to the section Smart Home Device History and select Choose how long to save history. From here, you can select to delete history older than three or 18 months, then select Confirm.
Amazon notes it keeps your voice recordings to better understand your voice and your requests. It says deleting your history may downgrade your Alexa experience.
