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Microsoft Copilot
temporary chat
A Copilot conversation that neither uses nor updates memory and is not kept in your visible chat history.
What it keeps
"won't appear in your chat history and can't be referenced or accessed later by you or Copilot" · "your organization's data retention policy might require retaining temporary chat data" · Training (all Copilot Chat, not temporary-specific): "Prompts and responses aren't used to train the underlying foundation models." (learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/privacy-and-protections)
Which capability it is
The same thing at other vendors
Details
- Status
- GA
- Where you find it
- "Start a temporary chat"
- Plans
- unclear. The same help page covers both; I found no first-party text separating the free Copilot Chat from the paid licence for this feature.
- Admin must turn it on?
- not stated; organisation retention policy applies
Learn
Where we can help
What should your people use when the conversation is sensitive? That's the kind of question an Enable — Checkup settles. It leaves you with a written AI policy and a starting point for deciding what's allowed, including where the line is on client data.