Chat History

How AI chat history is stored, viewed, exported and deleted: where conversations live, how long they are kept, and whether a deleted chat can ever come back – practical answers for real situations.

Chat history is one of the most misunderstood layers of AI chat products: it is not the same as memory, nor the same as training data. This topic explains where chat history is stored, how long it is kept, how to export it and delete it for good – plus the real boundaries of deleting a chat, turning history off, or using a temporary session.

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