Does Github Copliot save or use any code?

[bbakjae]

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hi there!
i'm looking for some tools with development asssistance based LLM.
but we are so sensitive for code privacy. and i found some content that there is no save for any purpose.
but i can't be sure and give confidence to my boss.
is there any document or site information for privacy with copilot?

[Rahul-2025-prog]

I understand your concern! GitHub Copilot does have privacy policies in place, and they claim that the code you write with it stays private unless shared. You can check GitHub's privacy policy and terms of service for more detailed information on how they handle your code and data.

[Akash1134]

Hi @bbakjae ,

Please read our comprehensive FAQs on the GitHub Trust Center.

Let me know if you have any additional questions.

[dlindmark]

I have read the FAQ and I think that it is very clear when it comes to Business and Enterprise users. Not as clear when it comes to Pro and free users.

For example Does GitHub Copilot use any of your code to train the GitHub's model (or any successor model)? -> No. GitHub uses neither Copilot Business nor Enterprise data to train the GitHub model.

When I look at my own Copilot policies (I am a pro user)

(clicking at that link do not take me to any privacy policy)

and reading the copilot documentation here It seems VERY clear that data (such as prompts which could include IP data) is NEVER used to train any AI-model.

However, when reading this article it explicitly says

Copilot for Business also does not use your code to train the Azure OpenAI model

and

GitHub Copilot for Individual users, however, can opt in and explicitly provide consent for their code to be used as training data. User engagement data is used to improve the performance of the Copilot Service; specifically, it’s used to fine-tune ranking, sort algorithms, and craft prompts.

Then it sound like it is possible for individual users to opt-in to for the code (which should mean prompts?) to be used as training data (to train the Azure OpenAI model). Even though copilot documentation says that is never done.

So my question include

• What model is the Azure OpenAI model? Is that the model I choose to chat with? or is it something else?
• As an individual user. Is it possible to opt in for Prompts and suggestions to be used as training data?

[amamabel]

I keep asking myself the same question and I still haven't been able to find out whether the data of free users are used for training or not

[jaredthirsk]

It's now November 2025 and the links still do not take you to a privacy policy and we still don't have clarity on this :(

[fdambrosio]

we need an update by Microsoft about Github Copilot

[viniciusvts]

In this article: https://github.blog/news-insights/policy-news-and-insights/how-to-responsibly-adopt-github-copilot-with-the-github-copilot-trust-center/ Github says:

"GitHub Copilot does not store or use your code for training purposes. It only uses the code context provided during your current session to generate suggestions."

"Prompts are only transmitted to the AI model to generate suggestions in real-time and are deleted once the suggestions are generated. Copilot for Business also does not use your code to train the Azure OpenAI model. GitHub Copilot for Individual users, however, can opt in and explicitly provide consent for their code to be used as training data."

I found this option in Settings > Copilot > Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training . And it was disabled

[shodgson11]

Since this is still a top search result for this topic, I thought I would add what I could find here. Based on the results below from GitHub's own FAQ, I have to assume that the Free, Pro, and Pro+ plans use my code to train their models or else these answers would not be so specific.

https://copilot.github.trust.page/faq?s=v2qe7voltpwtv2usl4ikhs

Does GitHub Copilot use any of your code to train the GitHub's model (or any successor model)?
No. GitHub uses neither Copilot Business nor Enterprise data to train the GitHub model.

This is listed on the copilot plans page in the FAQ's under privacy with the same answer, but the question is specifically different: https://github.com/features/copilot/plans

Does GitHub use Copilot Business or Enterprise data to train GitHub’s model?
No. GitHub does not use either Copilot Business or Enterprise data to train its models.

[ximimoments]

In my opinion, when I promoted my repo on the Fedora Linux server, they told me that ChatGPT uses LMM code, and I said the same thing. Do other AIs, including GitHub Copilot, also use LMM?