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Account + Secure Setup
Set up ChatGPT with choices you understand before using it for work. You’ll practice with invented details and check what you want ChatGPT to remember.
Follow the steps
Phone
- Open chatgpt.com in your browser or install the official ChatGPT app from OpenAI. Sign up or sign in with an email account you can access.
- Open the menu, tap your profile and open Settings. Under Data Controls, review Improve the model for everyone and choose your setting.
- In Settings, open Personalization and look for Memory. Review the choices shown in your account.
- Start a new chat and look for Temporary Chat near the top or in the menu. Paste the practice prompt and review the answer.
Computer
- Go to chatgpt.com and select Sign up or Log in. Use an email account you can access.
- From your profile, open Settings → Data Controls. Review Improve the model for everyone and choose your setting.
- Open Settings → Personalization and review the Memory options shown in your account.
- Start a new chat, select Temporary Chat, and paste the practice prompt.
Use a unique password if you sign in with a password. Treat unexpected upgrade messages, login links and requests for verification codes as suspicious. Open the official address yourself.
I run a fictional bakery called Maple & Main. Write a two-sentence welcome message for new customers. Use plain English and ask me to confirm any hours or prices before I publish.
Check Data Controls in settings. Keep sensitive business information out of class practice. Source for Data controls
Temporary Chat is not a place to enter secrets or private customer information. Source for Temporary Chat
Review your own settings and tell ChatGPT what details to use for each job. Source for Memory and context
Did it work?
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Troubleshooting
I can’t sign in or find my verification email.
Check spam, confirm the email address, and use the same sign-in method you used to register. If you’re in class, ask the instructor for the paper practice version while you recover access.
I see a payment prompt or a suspicious login link.
Close it and type chatgpt.com directly into the browser. Keep your password and one-time code private. Ask your instructor to help you find the free account flow.
I can’t find Temporary Chat or Memory.
Try the mobile browser or update the official app. If a setting is missing, practice with the fictional prompt and check settings again later.