Turn off Grok Build's default data sharing with /privacy

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-07-14 · Open on X

Topics: AI Safety, Security & Guardrails, AI Dev Tools & Productivity · Level: beginner

Summary

A quick warning that Grok Build shares your data by default. The fix is to turn it off with the /privacy command in the CLI.

Key points

• Grok Build shares user data by default.
• Turn sharing off with the /privacy command.
• Check privacy settings on coding agents before using them on sensitive code.

Resources mentioned

• Grok Build · tool · x.ai · free
  xAI's agentic coding CLI; data sharing is on by default and can be turned off with /privacy.
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Try this

• Run `/privacy` in Grok Build and turn off data sharing.