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Steps to Delete Siri Recordings from Apple's Servers

Apple has been in the news recently for using human contractors to listen to Siri voice recordings in order to help the company improve the service from the voice-activated assistant by seeing how Siri responds to user requests. The only way we can confirm the proper way to clear your Siri history is through a bit of text nestled in Apple's Approach to Privacy page. When you turn Siri and Dictation off, Apple will delete the User Data associated with your Siri identifier, and the learning process will start all over again. Unlike Google and Amazon, which give users the option of deleting each and every individual voice query sent to their servers, Apple does not have a similar option for its customers. According to the Apple iOS 12.3 security document, user’s voice recordings are saved for six months. Apple says this is done so that the “recognition system can utilize them to better understand the user’s voice.” After six months, another copy is saved, wi...