Learn how to use the privacy dashboard in your Microsoft account and manage your privacy settings for products you use.

Learn how to access, share, or clear your Microsoft search history through the privacy dashboard.

Note This article covers privacy and safety topics related to the use of Microsoft Copilot when signed in with a personal Microsoft Account. It does not apply to the use of Microsoft 365 Copilot when signed in with a work or school account (Entra ID). For more information on that, read about Enterprise Data Protection.

Marking a meeting or appointment private can hide some of the meeting details from others in your organization. If you share and grant Read permissions to your calendar to another user, they will not be able to see the details of your private appointments. However, if you share and grant Delegate with access to view private items permissions, those delegates will be able to view details of ...

Find out why Microsoft collects your search history, how to view and clear your search history, and which search data appears on the privacy dashboard.

Windows 11 provides privacy settings that let you control how your data is used for recommendations and personalization. These include the Windows Advertising ID, website access to your language list, and Start and search personalization settings, which use your activity and preferences to customize content and suggestions across Windows. Advertising ID Windows generates a unique advertising ...

Built-in privacy for personal documents All documents and files in the top-level OneDrive library on your personal site are protected from public view by default, making it an apt location for storing confidential documents or original drafts that you want to save, for example. Only you can see this content, except for those documents that you explicitly indicate that you want to share ...

See what the Trust Center is and how to use it for security and privacy settings.

Delete your Microsoft 365 Copilot activity history Note The information in this article only applies to when you're signed in with your work or school account. For information about deleting your Copilot activity history when you're signed in with your personal Microsoft account, see Manage your Copilot activity history in the privacy dashboard.

Learn about how Copilot, which provides AI-powered assistance in your Microsoft 365 apps, uses your data.