Gemini Memory Summary: See and Edit What Gemini Knows

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Cover image alt: Person using an AI assistant on a smartphone at home, illustrating the Gemini memory summary

AI assistants that remember you are only useful if what they remember is right. The new Gemini memory summary gives you a settings page to check exactly that: it shows what Gemini understands about you and lets you edit or delete it. 9to5Google reported the rollout on November 9, 2026.

What the Gemini memory summary shows

Google's help page, View & manage your memory summary in Gemini Apps, says it lets you "view, edit, and delete what Gemini Apps understands about you."

Per 9to5Google's report, the page groups details into categories: The Essentials, Career & Professional Projects, Travel & Daily Gear, Media & Entertainment, and Fitness & Lifestyle. Each lists specific details.

Where to find it

Where	Path
Web (gemini.google.com)	Settings > Personal Intelligence > Memory summary
Gemini mobile app	Menu > Settings > Personal Intelligence > Memory summary
Prompt shortcut	Ask: "What do you know about me?"

(Paths and the prompt shortcut are from Google's help page.)

Edit memory with plain-language prompts

Updates are made by prompting Gemini. Google's own examples:

Add to my memory that I speak Japanese.

Remove my old phone number from your memory.

Google says Gemini may ask follow-up questions when a request is ambiguous. 9to5Google also describes a pencil icon for broader edits and a "Memory history" view showing when information was added or modified.

Requirements and the catch

Per Google's help page you need a personal account, to be 18 or older, Keep Activity on, and Memory on. For now it is available to US users with an active Google AI plan, in English.

Android Authority reports it worked for them on a free non-US account via the desktop site and a phone browser, but not in the mobile app. Treat that as an observation, not a guarantee.

A quick audit routine for any AI assistant

Read the whole summary once.

Correct wrong or outdated details first.

Delete anything you don't want stored, then confirm in Memory history.

Decide whether Memory should stay on. Google says you can switch it off in Personal Intelligence settings.

Check Connected Apps. Google's Connected Apps help page says that to remove something learned from a connected app, you must both delete the chats containing it and disconnect the app.

Takeaway

Personalization works best when the stored data is visible and editable. Whichever assistant you use, find where its memory lives and review it periodically.

Your turn: would you rather an assistant remember you, or start fresh each chat?