Manage & delete your Gemini for Home activity

Important: You can find your Gemini for Home activity only after you’ve updated to the new Gemini for Home voice assistant. Gemini for Home is rolling out gradually. You’ll be notified when it’s available to you.

What does the Home History setting control?

Your Gemini for Home activity, such as voice assistant queries, will be saved in your Home History in My Activity. When you have Voice Match enabled and Home History is on, Google stores your Gemini for Home activity such as voice assistant queries in your Google Account. By default, your activity will be saved for 18 months. You can turn this off or change how long your activity is saved by visiting Home History in My Activity. You can review your activity, delete your Gemini for Home activity, and turn off Home History at any time.

When Home History is on, Google uses your activity to develop and improve its services (including training generative AI models). For more info about your Gemini for Home data and how you can manage it, go to the Nest Privacy Hub.

Manage your Gemini for Home activity

You can find your Gemini for Home activity from the Google Home app or by going to My Activity from your computer or browser. You can find details on specific activities, turn Home History on or off, or delete specific activities from your history.

Check your Gemini for Home activity

From the Google Home app:

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
3. Tap Home settings .
4. Under “Home features”, tap Privacy  Home History.

From your computer or browser:

• Go to myactivity.google.com/product/home.

Turn Home History on or off

1. Go to myactivity.google.com/product/home.
2. Turn Home History on or off.
   • When you turn Home History off:
     • Select Turn off, then choose to Turn off or Turn off and delete activity.
     • If you choose Turn off and delete activity, follow the steps to select and confirm what activity you want to delete.

Delete your Gemini for Home activity

1. Go to myactivity.google.com/product/home.
2. Choose the Gemini for Home activity you want to delete. You can choose:
   • All your Gemini for Home activity: Above your activity, click Delete  All time.
   • The last hour or day: Above your activity, click Delete  Last hour or Last day.
   • A specific time period: Above your activity, click Delete  Custom range.
   • A specific day: Next to the day, click Delete all activity from [day] .
   • A specific activity: Next to the activity, click Delete activity item .

Change Auto-delete settings

By default, your Home History older than 18 months is auto-deleted. You can turn off Auto-delete or change the auto-delete period.

1. Go to myactivity.google.com/product/home.
2. Click Settings & help  Activity .
3. Near the top, click Deleting activity older than … months or Choose an auto-delete option.
4. Choose how long your Gemini for Home activity is kept or select Don’t auto-delete activity.
5. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions.

How your Home History is deleted from your Google Account

When you choose to delete activity manually or activity is deleted automatically, we immediately start the process of removing it from the product and our systems.

First, we aim to immediately remove it from view. Then, we begin a process designed to safely and completely delete the data from our storage systems.

Learn more about how Google helps you delete data from your account.