{"id":21987,"date":"2019-07-09T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/?p=21987"},"modified":"2019-07-08T23:16:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T23:16:13","slug":"how-to-delete-your-alexa-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/opinion\/how-to-delete-your-alexa-history\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete your Alexa history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon stores everything you ask Alexa indefinitely. But it\u2019s easy to delete the information if you know how.\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Online privacy remains a huge talking point. So much so that Senator Chris Coons, D-Del., recently wrote to Amazon asking how it goes about storing data regarding consumers who use the company\u2019s Alexa-controlled Echo speaker.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Amazon Echo is a wireless speaker which is also capable of interpreting and carrying out instructions on behalf of the user. Using nothing but the sound of your voice, you can ask Alexa to play music, search the web, create to-do and shopping lists, shop online, get instant weather reports, and control popular smart-home products\u2014all while your smartphone stays in your pocket.<\/span><\/p>\n

In June, Amazon\u2019s VP of public policy, Brian Huseman, responded by admitting that the company stores Alexa transcripts unless a customer specifically requests for them to be deleted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Huseman insisted that Amazon retains this data to improve Alexa\u2019s response, adding that audio is only sent to Amazon when an Amazon Echo hears the wake word, namely \u201cAlexa.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet in May, Amazon made it easier to delete the things you ask Alexa. Here\u2019s how:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>First, you can say \u201cAlexa, delete everything I said today,\u201d or \u201cAlexa, delete what I just said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But, if you want to delete things you said earlier, do this:<\/span><\/p>\n