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How to use Grok
Pick what you want to do. Each guide gives the steps, prompts you can copy into Grok, an example of a good result, and the mistakes that waste your time.
Grok how-tos
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How to Use Grok: A Beginner's Guide to xAI's AI Assistant
How to use Grok for the first time: sign in at grok.com, in the app or on X, ask a clear question, upload a file, make an image and check what matters. With prompts to copy.
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How to Use Grok on X: Ask About Any Post or Thread
How to use Grok inside X: open the Grok tab, tap the Grok icon on a post for context, ask it to explain a thread, and know what X shares with xAI when you do.
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How to Use Grok for Free: What You Get Without Paying
How to use Grok for free on grok.com, in the app and on X: what the Free plan includes, what happens when you reach a limit, and when paying actually makes sense.
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How to Make Images with Grok Imagine (Prompts That Work)
How to make images with Grok Imagine: describe the subject, setting, style and format, refine with follow-ups, and know about the Grok watermark before you post the result.
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How to Stop X Using Your Posts and Grok Chats to Train Grok
How to opt out of Grok training on X: the Data sharing and personalization settings, the separate personalization switch, deleting your Grok history, and what opting out doesn't cover.
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How to Turn an Image into a Video with Grok Imagine
How to make a short video with Grok Imagine: start from a photo or a generated image, describe the motion and camera, and keep clips simple. Plus what video does to your usage.
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How to Talk to Grok with Voice Mode (and Show It Your Camera)
How to use Grok voice mode: start a hands-free conversation in the app, interrupt and steer it, share your camera so Grok can see, and know what voice data X and xAI keep.
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How to Edit a Photo with Grok Imagine Using Plain Words
How to edit a photo with Grok Imagine: upload an image, describe one change at a time (background, lighting, style), keep what works, and know when an edit crosses a line.
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How to Write Better Grok Prompts, Including for Live X Searches
How to write better prompts for Grok: give the task, background and format, and for current topics say the time window, the kind of sources and whether you want X posts or web pages.
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How to Keep Your Data Private in Grok: Improve the Model and Private Chat
How to keep your data private on grok.com and in the Grok app: turn off Improve the model in Data Controls, use Private Chat, delete chats and files, and know what never to paste.
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How to Get Real-Time News and Trends with Grok (and Check Them)
How to use Grok to follow breaking news and trends: ask with a time window, separate first reports from confirmed facts, get linked sources, and check before you act or share.
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How to Write X Posts and Replies with Grok That Sound Like You
How to write X posts and replies with Grok: give it your point, your audience and an example of your voice, check what's already being said, then format and edit before you post.
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How to Upload Files to Grok: PDFs, Spreadsheets, Images and Audio
How to upload files to Grok: use the + icon, which file types and sizes work (up to 150 MB per file), how many files at once on web and phone, and how to ask for useful results.
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How to Cancel Your Grok Subscription and Ask for a Refund
How to cancel SuperGrok or The X Subscription: where to cancel depends on where you paid (grok.com, Apple, Google Play or X), and how refunds work for each.
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How to Choose a Grok Plan: Free, Plus, Premium, Super or Ultra
How to choose a Grok plan: what The X Subscription's Free, Plus, Premium, Super and Ultra tiers cost, what each adds, and what happens to existing SuperGrok and X Premium plans.
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How to Check Your Grok Usage Limits and What to Do When You Hit Them
How Grok's weekly usage limits work: where to see your usage in Settings, how chat, Imagine, voice and video draw from one pool, and your options when you reach the limit.
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How to Research What People Say on X About a Topic with Grok
How to use Grok to research what people on X say about a product, brand or local issue: set a time window, group the reactions, see example posts and avoid reading too much into it.
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How to Fact-Check Grok's Answers When They Come from X Posts
How to fact-check Grok: ask for sources, tell X posts apart from official pages, open the citations, check dates and quotes, and know which answers always need a second source.
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How to Connect Gmail, Google Drive and Outlook to Grok
How to use Grok Connectors: link Gmail, Google Drive, Outlook, OneDrive and more on grok.com or in the app, ask questions across your email and files, and remove access you don't need.
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How to Set Up Grok Automations: Scheduled Briefs and Email Triggers
How to set up Grok Automations: describe a job once, run it on a schedule or when an email arrives, choose how it reports back, and test it with Run now. Ideas for small businesses.
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