Todoist is strongest where optional AI stays contained and where users still get exports, deletion, and straightforward account control.
Todoist is a task management app, reviewed for Todoist Assist privacy, optional AI features, sharing, retention, and account controls.
80
Good
80
Good
Todoist is cleaner than most productivity apps on AI training, but integrations and account-level tracking still deserve attention.
Todoist is strongest where optional AI stays contained and where users still get exports, deletion, and straightforward account control.
Its weakest area is the surrounding tracking layer and app ecosystem, not the task list itself, especially once integrations keep data moving.
90
Excellent
Todoist says its AI functionality involves no peeking, auditing, or training on user data.
Todoist Assist is presented as optional rather than an always-on requirement for basic task management.
The product frames AI use as privacy-by-design rather than a broad product-improvement data grab.
80
Good
70
Mixed
75
Good
85
Good
Todoist Privacy Page
Open: todoist.comLatest Finding
Open: todoist.com1. AI Use
Todoist says its AI functionality involves no peeking, auditing, or training on user data.
2. Controls
Todoist Assist is presented as optional rather than an always-on requirement for basic task management.
3. AI Use
The product frames AI use as privacy-by-design rather than a broad product-improvement data grab.
4. AI Use
AI features still process task content when users choose to invoke them.
Founded
Unknown
Founder
Unknown
Parent Company
Todoist
Lifecycle
Active
Category
Productivity & Collaboration
CEO
Unknown
Security Team
In house
Date Added
05-18-2026
Once you delete a chat, you cannot recover it. Deleting a chat removes it both from your visible chat history and the system after the retention window.
AI features still process task content when users choose to invoke them.
80
Good
Todoist Assist is described as private from third parties by design.
AI functionality is optional, which lets users avoid some additional data flow entirely.
Account exports and privacy paths give users some leverage over stored task data.
Todoist account data may still be processed by service providers and connected integrations.
70
Mixed
Website and product usage data may still be collected for service operation and improvement.
Users can choose whether to use AI capabilities at all.
Todoist is primarily a productivity subscription product rather than an advertising-driven social platform.
The product markets privacy as part of the Assist experience instead of burying it.
75
Good
Users can manage account data and exports through Todoist or Doist privacy paths.
Optional AI use reduces how much task content is exposed to extra processing in the first place.
Task data can be exported before leaving the product, which improves user control over continuity and deletion.
The reviewed AI overview does not give a detailed universal retention schedule for all task data.
85
Good
Todoist Assist capabilities are optional and user-controlled.
Users can export account data through Todoist and Doist privacy paths.
Connected integrations can be reviewed as optional extensions rather than hidden defaults.
Integration data flows still depend on connected third-party services outside Todoist's own controls.