Learning outcomes
- Explain how to review general, personalisation, notification and data settings.
- Complete the guided activity safely.
- Check that you can make deliberate account choices.
Getting Started
Settings and Preferences
Learn to review general, personalisation, notification and data settings and make deliberate account choices in this beginner-friendly ChatGPT lesson.
Before you begin
Use the correct ChatGPT account or approved workspace. Do not enter passwords, recovery codes or private business information into practice chats.
Step-by-step instructions
- Open ChatGPT on the web, desktop or mobile device available to you and confirm you are using the intended account or workspace.
- Inspect settings without changing anything first.
- Pause and check privacy, permissions, source material, feature availability and any instruction that affects the task.
- Review the result carefully and confirm that you can make deliberate account choices.
- Save only the useful, verified output and record one improvement for your next prompt.
Ian's practical tip: Start with fictional or non-sensitive information. Treat the first response as a draft, then verify facts, sources, calculations and permissions before using it.
Practical activity
Inspect settings without changing anything first. Your expected result is to make deliberate account choices.