opt out

verb

1. intr, adverboften foll byof to choose not to be involved (in) or part (of)

noun

1. the act of opting out, esp of local-authority administration

   opt-outs by hospitals and schools

Idioms and Phrases

Choose not to participate, as in Our school opted out of the state competition . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

"We collaborate closely with news publishers, including in the display, attribution and links to their content in ChatGPT search, and offer them easy ways to opt out should they so desire."

From BBC

Captain Ben Stokes opted out of the Indian Premier League auction in order to prolong his England career.

From BBC

She opted out of this year’s conference to attend the trip to Asia.

From Los Angeles Times

Publishers should also be able to opt out of having Google use their content to train artificial intelligence tools, under the proposal.

From Los Angeles Times

It also calls for expanding national health privacy laws to cover health-related information collected from health apps and fitness trackers and making it easier for users to opt out of body-centric data collections.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• pull out
• quit
• withdraw