# How to opt out of LinkedIn generative AI training

By HeyMark · Updated November 3, 2026

Want to limit LinkedIn’s use of your data to train models that generate posts or messages? Open the member setting LinkedIn links from Help, select **Off**, and check the saved value. The setting has a specific scope, and regional terms matter.

## Open the member setting

LinkedIn Help links directly to the [Data for Generative AI Improvement setting](https://www.linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/settings/data-for-ai-improvement). Open that link. If LinkedIn asks you to sign in, do so on its official site and return to the same setting.

In the setting, select **Off**. Then check the value on that page again to confirm it remains **Off**.

## What choosing Off changes

LinkedIn’s [member setting Help article](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a6278444?lang=en) says this setting controls future use of data you provide to train or improve generative AI models that create content, such as suggested posts or messages. It also says the setting is on by default for covered cases unless you have already turned it off. Review LinkedIn’s [regional notice](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a8059228?lang=en): settings are not offered globally at the same time, and the applicable terms depend on your account’s region.

LinkedIn describes changes starting November 3, 2025, with different terms for the EU, EEA and Switzerland, the UK, Canada, and Hong Kong. Those regions do not all have the same rules for sharing data with affiliates. Its notice says existing practices and settings continue in other regions, including the U.S. Do not assume another country’s terms determine your account’s situation; check the regional notice and the value LinkedIn shows.

If LinkedIn has reason to believe you could be under 18, for example because you attend secondary school, it does not use your data to train content-generating models even if the setting appears on.

## What this setting does not change

- It does not undo training that has already taken place.
- It does not turn off generative AI features; LinkedIn says you can continue using them.
- It does not control data processed while you or someone else uses a generative AI feature, as LinkedIn’s [Help article explains](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a6278444?lang=en).
- It does not cover models for personalizing your LinkedIn experience, security, or anti-abuse purposes.
- It does not prevent LinkedIn from using some feedback and improvement data to train content-generating models. LinkedIn’s [FAQ](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a5338472?lang=en) links to a separate form for objecting to that use and to other model types.

LinkedIn’s [FAQ](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a5338472?lang=en) says private messages are not included when training models that create content. That does not exclude them from all data processing.

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