How to Opt Out of Deviantart Ai

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Adrian Vicol
Published on Dec 12

DeviantArt has made it simple for users to opt-out of its AI training policy. In this guide, we provide easy steps to protect your data by disabling DeviantArt's AI integration settings.

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The conversations around Big Tech and AI integrations have centered mainly on user data and privacy. In response to these conversations, some tech companies have shrouded their opt-out settings under a layer of settings that makes it difficult to find. Deviant Art is one of the tech services that made it easy and straightforward for users to opt-out of their AI training policy. In this guide, we'll show you in easy steps how you can stop Deviant Art from training their internal AI with your private data.

Step-by-step guide to opt-out of Deviant Art AI data training

The steps to opt-out of Deviant Art AI data training policy is quite simplified, so this should be over in less than five minutes.

💡 Pro tip: There are two ways to do this in Deviant Art

How to opt-out out through an artwork

  • Step 1: First up, login to "DeviantArt".
  • Step 2: Next hover on the profile avatar at the top right corner. Click on "My Studio".
  • Step 3: Click on "Published".
  • Step 4: Click on "Edit".
  • Step 5: Now, check the "NoAI" box.
  • Step 6: Click on "Update".

How to opt-out through general settings

  • Step 1: Login to your DeviantArt account.
  • Step 2: Go to General Settings
  • Step 3: Click on AI Content Settings
  • Step 4: Uncheck the box.

How to delete your DeviantArt personal data?

If you opt out of AI processing, that does not mean that DeviantArt no longer keeps your personal data. It has just stopped using it to train their AI models. The only way to get your data deleted from DeviantArt is to ask for deletion.

Deviant Art has a setting that allows you to remove what it calls Personal Identifiable Information (PII). To do that, you can click here. However, removing your personal data manually from all the other sites you've used on the internet, can be rather time consuming. With our data deletion tool, all you need is one click and you can remove your data from as many sites and services as possible.

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