How to Turn Off Chat History in ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a powerful tool to use. You can do a lot of things using chatGPT from writing essays to code and explaining difficult things in simple terms.

You can do a lot of things with ChatGPT. ChatGPT can also use in Whatsapp and Telegram using some other third-party methods.

In this article, we will see how you can turn off ChatGPT history, clear all your chat conversations, change your theme to a light or dark mode, export your chat data from ChatGPT, and delete your ChatGPT.

How to turn off Chat History in ChatGPT

If you want to see how to turn off chat History in ChatGPT then follow the following guide to understand the process to turn off history.

Step-1: Start by signing in at chat.openai.com with https://chat.openai.com/auth/login.

Step-2: Click on your name to access the setting. Click on the “Settings”.

click on settings in chatgpt

Step-3: After you click on “Settings”, Go to “Data Controls’, then you will able to see chat history & training, then turn off this option. After that close the settings.

click on data controls to chat history

Step-4: After you successfully do that you will able to see these options on the history tab.

interface after settings in chatgpt

If you want to Enable the chat history option immediately turn on the Chat history in your browser.

Remember, As it states,

“When history is turned off, new chats on this browser won’t appear in your history on any of your devices, be used to train our models, or stored for longer than 30 days. This setting does not sync across browsers or devices.”

As OpenAI states, they will monitor and retain all your conversation for 30 days before permanently deleting your chat History. This is to monitor for any abuse.

Even when chatGPT is turnoff you shouldn’t share any sensitive or personal information with any chatbot, or LLMs. It’s risky to trust them.

How to clear all conversations in ChatGPT

If you want to know how you can clear all conversations in ChatGPT, then you can follow this guide to know how to clear all conversations in ChatGPT.

Step-1: Go to your account and click on your name below and then you will see “Settings”.

click on settings in chatgpt

Step-2: After that click “Settings”, then you will see General>Clear all chats. Click on “Clear”.

Clear all conversations in chatgpt

Step-3: Confirm deletion

Confirm Deletion in chatgpt

How to change to a Dark/Light theme in ChatGPT

If you want to know how you can change the dark/light theme in ChatGPT then you can follow this guide to know.

Step-1: Login to your ChatGPT account and then click on your name below to see the “settings” option.

click on settings in chatgpt

Step-2: After that click “Settings”, then you will see General>Theme with your current option. Click on the option to change to Light/Dark.

Dark mode in chatgpt

How to Export Data From ChatGPT

If you want to export your conversations with ChatGPT chatbot then you can follow this guide to export your conversation in different formats.

Step-1: Go to your ChatGPT account and then click on your account to access settings.

click on settings in chatgpt

Step-2: Click on “Settings”, In Settings>Data Control you will see the “Export Data” option. Click on “Export” to export data from ChatGPT.

Export data from chatgpt

Step-3: Then click on the “Confirm Export” option.

Confirm export files in chatgpt

Step-4: You will receive an email from the OpenAI team with your data. Click on “Download data export”.

download export data in chatgpt

Step-5: After the download, you will receive a .zip file where you will see a chat file, click on the chat file to access all your conversations with ChatGPT.

export data access in chatgpt

This is the official method where you will find the data in HTML format and can access the file with any browser.

How to Delete Your ChatGPT Account

If you want to delete your ChatGPT account then you can follow this guide.

Step-1: Go to ChatGPT, then click on your account to find the “Settings” button.

click on settings in chatgpt

Step-2: Click on the setting then go to your “Data controls”. You can see the Delete account option.

Delete accounts in chatgpt

Step-3: Then a delete confirmation window will appear there you have to type your email and type DELETE as shown in the picture.

Confirm Deletion in chatgpt
confirm delete in chatgpt

This way you will able to delete your account.

So this is the guide for turning off ChatGPT history, clearing all your chat conversations, changing your theme to a light or dark mode, exporting your chat data from ChatGPT, and deleting your ChatGPT. You can see other guides on how you can use ChatGPT in Telegram and Whatsapp.

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