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@thinkwithv Four places to review who has access to your data—and what may already be stored. 1. iPhone: Location Services + Safety Check 2. Google: Privacy Checkup + My Activity 3. Instagram: contact syncing + uploaded contacts 4. ChatGPT: Memory, chats, Library, connected apps + Data Controls Turning off access or syncing may not delete older data. Save this, then do one section today. Follow for more. #DataPrivacy #PrivacyTips

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Performance

Views
378K
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11.4K
Comments
85
Engagement
3%
Length · 28 Sept 2026
1:28

Video #49003 · Graphic Yap

Guide to erasing your datafrom @thinkwithv

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Overview

The creator provides a step-by-step tutorial on how to clean up and erase personal data from four key places. She starts with iPhone settings, explaining how to adjust location services and use the safety check feature. Next, she moves to Google accounts, advising viewers to run a privacy checkup and manage their 'My Activity' history. She then covers social media, specifically showing how to turn off contact syncing on Instagram, and finishes with AI accounts, demonstrating how to manage memory and data controls in ChatGPT.

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Simple outline

  1. 1State an alarming problem
  2. 2Promise a numbered solution
  3. 3Deliver step-by-step instructions
  4. 4Provide a realistic summary
  5. 5Ask an engagement question

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Related videos

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Classification

Concepts
Tutorial / How ToPlaybookRapid Fire Listicle
Elements
Graphic OverlayJump CutTitle Text HookImage Overlay

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Hook analysis

What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds

Title hook

Erase Your Data Now

Verbal hook

Hey. Guess what? Your data is showing, like, all over the place.

Visual hook

A woman speaking directly to the camera while holding a small, fuzzy microphone close to her mouth, creating a point of visual interest and an intimate, podcast-like feel.

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Hook and payoff

The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back

Hook

An attention-grabbing statement that introduces a common but often unaddressed problem, creating immediate relevance and a sense of urgency (e.g., 'Your data is showing all over the place').

Payoff

A direct, low-effort question posed to the audience that encourages them to commit to taking one small action, effectively driving comments and engagement.

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Narrative framework

The structural pattern this video runs on

Framework

The Actionable Audit

A step-by-step instructional guide that empowers the viewer to solve a common, often overlooked problem by auditing a series of related items, moving from the general to the specific.

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    The Promise & Personalization

    Frame the video as a helpful guide to solve the stated problem and build trust with a brief, relatable personal discovery (e.g., 'I was surprised when I checked my own settings...').

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    The Structural Signpost

    Explicitly state the number of items in the list, setting clear expectations for the viewer and framing the content as a manageable checklist (e.g., 'We're gonna clean up the four places').

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    The Actionable Checklist

    The core segment where each numbered item on the list is addressed sequentially, providing clear, concise, and actionable steps for the viewer to follow, often supplemented by on-screen visuals of the interface.

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    The Pragmatic Conclusion

    Provide a realistic summary of the benefits and limitations of the advice, managing expectations while reinforcing the value of the actions taken (e.g., 'This won't make you invisible, but it closes the obvious doors...').

Themes

  • digital privacy
  • personal data security
  • empowerment
  • tech literacy

Techniques

  • direct address
  • listicle
  • step-by-step guide

Trends

  • data privacy awareness

Post caption

Four places to review who has access to your data—and what may already be stored. 1. iPhone: Location Services + Safety Check 2. Google: Privacy Checkup + My Activity 3. Instagram: contact syncing + uploaded contacts 4. ChatGPT: Memory, chats, Library, connected apps + Data Controls Turning off access or syncing may not delete older data. Save this, then do one section today. Follow for more. #DataPrivacy #PrivacyTips

Text overlays

  • title · beginning

    Erase Your Data Now

  • informational · middle

    Privacy & Security Control which apps can access your data, location, camera, and microphone, and manage safety protections. Learn more... Location Services 1 always, 25 while using Tracking 0

  • informational · middle

    Camera Chase Chrome Claude Club Evexia Compass Costco Equator Facebook Fly Delta Found Google Calendar Google Maps Govee Home

  • informational · middle

    Precise Location Allows apps to use your specific location. With this setting off, apps can only determine your approximate location.

  • informational · middle

    Safety Check Protect your personal safety by staying aware of which people, apps, and devices have access to your information. Sensitive Content Warning

  • informational · middle

    Safety Check Reset or manage access to your information across apps, devices, and people you're currently sharing with. Learn more...

  • informational · middle

    Privacy Checkup Choose the privacy settings that are right for you with this step-by-step guide Personalization & activity Personalization settings Choose whether you get personalized experiences in certain Google services My Activity View and manage history saved in your

  • informational · middle

    Your information and permissions To download or transfer a copy of your information, go to Export your Information.

  • informational · middle

    Upload contacts Learn more about uploading contacts

  • informational · end

    Customize ChatGPT Personalization Memory Plugins

  • informational · end

    About memory Refresh summary Delete and turn off memory

  • informational · end

    Settings Improve the model for everyone Allow your content to be used to train our models, which makes ChatGPT better for you and everyone who uses it. We take steps to protect your privacy. Learn more

Transcript

Hey. Guess what? Your data is showing, like, all over the place. So here's how to clean up the private data you've been sharing and may not even realize that you're sharing. I was actually really surprised when I checked my own settings how many apps actually still had access to things and data that they did not need? So we're gonna clean up the four places. Number one, on your iPhone. Go to settings, privacy and security, then location services. And in this list, you're gonna review every single app and change everything that doesn't need your exact location. Go to precise location and turn that off where rank approximate location is enough. Then you're gonna open safety check. This shows which people, apps, and devices can access information that you share. Next, we're gonna go to our Google accounts. You're gonna go run a privacy checkup, then open my activity. Review what Google is saving. Pause anything that you don't want collected, and delete the history that you do not want retained. Next, we're gonna go to our social accounts. In Instagram, open account center, then your information and permissions, then upload contacts. Turn off contact syncing and separately remove contacts already uploaded if you want them gone. Last, your AI accounts. In ChatGPT, check settings, then memory, and then delete sensitive chats and memory and information that you don't want ChatGPT to retain about you. Review your library as well as all of your connected apps and plugins and turn off improve the model for everyone for eligible future conversation. Look, this won't make you invisible online, but it closes the obvious doors that most people never check. So what's the one thing that you're gonna do today to clean up your data?