About GitHub Copilot settings on GitHub
In addition to the configuration for the GitHub Copilot plugin in your supported IDE, you can configure settings for GitHub Copilot on GitHub. The settings apply wherever you use GitHub Copilot.
Enabling or disabling suggestions matching public code
Note
If you are a member of an organization on GitHub Enterprise Cloud who has been assigned a GitHub Copilot seat through your organization, you will not be able to configure suggestions matching public code in your personal account settings. Your setting for suggestions matching public code will be inherited from your organization or enterprise.
Your personal settings for GitHub Copilot include an option to either allow or block code suggestions that match publicly available code. If you choose to block suggestions matching public code, GitHub Copilot checks code suggestions with their surrounding code of about 150 characters against public code on GitHub. If there is a match, or a near match, the suggestion is not shown to you.
If you choose to allow suggestions matching public code, when Copilot suggests matching code you can display details of the matches and click through to the relevant repositories on GitHub. For more information, see Finding public code that matches GitHub Copilot suggestions.
- In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Your Copilot.
- To the right of Suggestions matching public code, select the dropdown menu, then click Allow to allow suggestions matching public code, or Block to block suggestions matching public code.
Enabling or disabling prompt and suggestion collection
You can choose whether your prompts and Copilot's suggestions are collected and retained by GitHub, and further processed and shared with Microsoft. For more information about data that GitHub Copilot may collect depending on your settings, see GitHub Terms for Additional Products and Features and the GitHub Copilot privacy FAQ.
- In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Your Copilot.
- To allow or prevent GitHub using your data, select or deselect Allow GitHub to use my code snippets from the code editor for product improvements.
Enabling or disabling Claude 3.5 Sonnet
You can choose whether to allow use of Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet model as an alternative to Copilot's default model. For more information, see Using Claude 3.5 Sonnet in GitHub Copilot.
- In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Your Copilot.
- To the right of Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet in Copilot, select the dropdown menu, then click Enabled or Disabled.
Enabling or disabling web search for GitHub Copilot Chat
You can enable web search for GitHub Copilot Chat. This setting is disabled by default. If you enable this setting, Copilot Chat will use Bing to search the internet for information related to a question. Bing search is particularly helpful when discussing new technologies or highly specific subjects.
- In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Your Copilot.
- To the right of Copilot access to Bing, select the dropdown menu, and then click Enabled or Disabled.