ChatGPT chats are showing up in Google Search — how to find and delete yours

Tom's Guide

6 days ago

If you've ever shared a ChatGPT conversation using the app's 'Share' feature, you may have unknowingly made it searchable on Google.
A new report from Fast Company reveals that thousands of publicly shared ChatGPT conversations are being indexed by search engines, and some contain personal, sensitive, or even confidential information.
When you click 'Share' inside ChatGPT, it creates a public link that anyone can access.
But what many users don't realize is that those links can also be crawled by Google and show up in search results.
In fact, a simple site search (site:chatgpt.com/share) revealed over 4,500 publicly indexed chats; many include conversations about trauma, mental health, relationships, work issues and more.
Even if a link is deleted or you no longer want it public, it might still be visible through cached pages or until Google updates its index.
Before you panic, the good news is, OpenAI doesn't attach your name to the chat.
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However, if you've included identifying information (like names, locations, emails or work details) you could be exposing more than you realize.
This is a wake up call for big tech and part of a broader shift in how we think about AI and privacy.
As we rely more on AI for writing, research and brainstorming, we need to treat these conversations like we would emails or documents stored in the cloud: with caution.
Even if the tools feel private, they're often not. And as this story shows, the internet doesn't forget, even when you try to delete.