Question

A developer on the GitHub Copilot Free/Individual plan asks how their code prompts are treated by the service during a completion request. Assuming they have NOT changed any privacy settings, which statement most accurately describes how the prompt data is handled once the suggestion is returned?

Accepted Answer

The prompt is discarded transiently after generating the suggestion, but by default the prompt and suggestion may be retained and used to improve the model unless the developer opts out.

Answer

The prompt is permanently stored and always used to train the foundation model, with no option to change this behavior on any plan.

Answer

The prompt never leaves the local machine because completions on individual plans are generated entirely on-device.

Answer

The prompt is always excluded from any retention or model improvement, identical to the guarantees provided under Copilot Business and Enterprise.